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NLS Recert and making friends |
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NLS Recert and making friends
Quite pleased with myself! I recerted my National Lifeguard Service qualification tonight at the annual “Old Fart” recert at Dovercourt. I was a bit apprehensive before going… my qualification has been expired for a long time (about 5 years I think) and I knew I would be rusty. I didn’t want to be embarassed by falling flat on my face, but things actually went quite smoothly. I’m a lifeguard again. I met an interesting person tonight too, one that I thought would be a good fit for both Jen and I in terms of a new friend who also is into the outdoors and stuff. Perhaps I should have said would have been a good fit, but actually it was a bit of a missed opportunity because I didn’t really make the connection with the person despite chatting for a bit. Thinking about the situation in hindsight I realized a couple of things. First, I spend a lot of time getting people to talk to me while I listen. That is nice, but I realized after the fact that the person likely did not know that we shared interests, because I didn’t provide any information that revealed my interests… I just listened. Second, I realized that I have no idea how to move from the “hey this is a nice conversation but we’ll never see each other again” stage to the “hey let’s get together sometime” stage. It must be possible to do, but the devil is in the details and I’m never sure how to go about it. Coming up in a future entry… how to ensure you won’t be invited back on a winery tour…
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