A few nights ago I was watching an interview between Steven Bartlett and relationship expert Esther Perel. In the interview, they talk about “social atrophy” and how people are finding it harder and harder to connect with one another deeply. Toward the end of the interview, Bartlett asks her what she would do if she were president of the United States…

I had the pleasure of participating in the Carpentry for Newbies workshop this past weekend, and besides the absolute JOYS of crafting and bringing home my very own sawhorse and bookshelf (more on those later, I promise), I also had the luck of meeting a wonderful group of people, which is what I want to focus on in this post.