I grew up in a joint family too, and it has taught me how to accommodate different needs without abandoning my own. A true balancing act! I used to think I didn't like big groups until I recently found a group of diverse yet open-minded people. I truly enjoyed myself and, like you said, felt the most me.
This also reminded me of a recent article I read about how capitalism benefits from people leading atomic lives instead of living in cooperative groups. It means nobody shares anything, and thus, every individual is a better money-making cow.
Married people/ people living in families or large groups do not spend as much money in exploring, doing, working on themselves :) Consumerism thrives on singledom and the self care era! As does social media heh.
I grew up in a joint family too, and it has taught me how to accommodate different needs without abandoning my own. A true balancing act! I used to think I didn't like big groups until I recently found a group of diverse yet open-minded people. I truly enjoyed myself and, like you said, felt the most me.
This also reminded me of a recent article I read about how capitalism benefits from people leading atomic lives instead of living in cooperative groups. It means nobody shares anything, and thus, every individual is a better money-making cow.
Enjoyed reading this!
100% agreed.
Married people/ people living in families or large groups do not spend as much money in exploring, doing, working on themselves :) Consumerism thrives on singledom and the self care era! As does social media heh.
Glad to read you went with group!
I really enjoyed writing and meandering through the word!! I’m sure you can tell hehe