I suggest, stop creating brand-new trends based on TikTok. I find it difficult to deal with the grandmother from the coast. These "social portfolio" participants are only weakly connected to one another.
What's your current state of health? These are your "weak ties": people you don't know well but occasionally interact with in daily life, such as friends and family members and vaguely recognizable strangers you pass in the street or see in coffee shops or the gym. You must identify yourself.
My interactions with Quiet-Coach Shared-Eyeroll Woman, I Think He's Called Dave But It's Too Late to Ask, and Looks Like His Retired Greyhound are all my own affairs. They might be be helping you more than you realize.
How so? According to research released this week, those who engage in a varied "social portfolio" of interactions report higher levels of life satisfaction and wellbeing. The social networks of 50,000 individuals from eight different countries were examined by Harvard researchers. Those with more "weak ties" reported higher levels of contentment.
But might it be that those with lots of contacts are simply more outgoing people? The researchers took this into account, as well as the possibility that being ill or sad could reduce your social network and lead you to express less life pleasure, without the two necessarily being related. However, they also saw that during the weeks when they interacted more, people reported feeling happier. It does appear that expanding our social networks makes us happier.
My belief in it is low. At home all day, talking to no one, I'm as content as a clam. According to the researchers, "a significant body of evidence reveals individuals' startling failure to forecast which choices will result in their highest wellbeing." That is to say, you are unsure of your own best interests.
But long conversations with everyone are not something I have time for. For your disapproval, I have pass notes. The diversity of people in your social network matters more than how much time you spend with each one of them, and number over quality is the key here. According to the study, portfolio diversification "may offer a time-neutral strategy of moulding wellbeing."
Do you mean to suggest that I trade in my close pals for a bunch of new acquaintances? A better predictor of subjective wellbeing than marital status, according to the study, was "social portfolio variety." merely stating.
Do mention that it is colder today.
You shouldn't say, "Bus Stop Dave, I left my wife for you; you should at least ask how my day is going."
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