Would anyone be interested if I made a course on how to make friends in Vancouver? Like actually deep, meaningful friendships I've spent the past 3 years seriously figuring out how to make these friendships, which has been a JOURNEY especially in a city like Vancouver. Oh and it'll be free! All I ask is for genuine feedback on what you liked/didn't like, and to like this or comment below if you'd be interested!
I personally found social Meetups to be a waste of time. The ones that I attended only wanted to meet when there was a meet up. I ended up just volunteering with organizations. At least I knew that there was a common interest.
Yeah common interests are a great way to find (and also maintain) friends I've found! Social meetup groups tend to be all over the place in terms of interests so it may be harder that way (esp if the event is just a 'social')
Another caveat here about Meetup: because many men use Meetup groups solely as a way finding women for dating (Meetup groups are NOT actual dating groups) they can get dropped from any group if there are complaints. It seems most women who attend the events don't want to be hit on by strange men nor do they want to get messages from men they haven't met.
I've been running a Meet Up group for 8 years in Vancouver. Our members have made great friends and do things thru the app and also outside the app! I think a lot of it alao has to do w types of events, locations and also the rules of the group. Mine has been successful, I think, because of our rulea and the diversity of our organizers.
Just went to a meet-up today , my first one and it was awkward as hell . I am proud of myself of stepping out of my comfort zone but I can see why it can be a waste of time.
interesting I'm going to my first meet-up after tomorrow it's more of a tour than a closed up event. I'm more of introvert too not good at talking with totall strangers but at least even I wouldn't end up making friends I'll still enjoy discovering new landmarks in the city
I'm going to Canada in September and really anxious about not making any new friends there. Never have I been worried about things like these in my past twenty years. I took my friends for granted and forgot about how hard to find one to begin with. Thank you for your video. You encourage me to think about what kind of friend I truly need. And not just wasting time entertaining others.
No problem man, glad you found it helpful! The whole reason I started YT was to help people so :D. And this is a month early, but welcome to Canada my friend :)
Thanks for the video. I don't understand why you say that the meetup groups suck. Your analysis saying that there are two kinds of meetup activities, "Social based" and "Activity based", is exactly correct. The social ones where you just stand around a bar trying to come up with small talk are a little lame. The activity-based ones have done wonders for my social life in my town. We participated in bowling, game nights, hikes, karakoke, etecetera. Before we know it we were on facebook and instagram with each other. We started being able to self-organize lots more fun stuff like birthday parties, field days, whatever. My ability to participate and cooperate in genuinely fun and mutually enjoyable activities with other people whom I genuinely like, has gone through the roof. It was largely due to starting with Meetup (Activity-based events), then moving on to Facebook and Instagram for everyone to exercise their creativity and come up with other fun stuff to do together.
I've personally found over the past few months that one of the contributing factors to this are how events are scattered throughout, and unless you have a good network or know where to look, it's hard to find events that you really vibe with and fit your interests/hobbies. Meetup.com and Facebook groups just don't cut it (they're not good enough). Another factor that someone else from this Facebook group I'm in mentioned are high housing prices. The theory was that this forces people to live their their parents, which caps their growth (especially mentally) which leads to less people that are really able to connect with others. It was an interesting theory I'll pass off here since I can see some truth to it. Curious how things r in Montreal compared to here tho!
I've moved back with my parents right now, 2hr away from Vancouver Vancouver, and it IS very hard to find friends here. Everyone is either in high school or elderly. And I feel like it's just not worth it to spend that much time on the road to see my friends, even though I love them very much. I guess that's the downside of a big city, eh? Mental growth thing... I can't agree with that. I'd say that I'm more mentally mature than most of my peers because I'm surrounded by older people lol. Plz elaborate. I've heard a saying: "The only friends you make in Vancouver are not from Vancouver." LOL take what you will from that. I made about 1 Vancouverite friend in total from my 5 years in Vancouver. Their friend groups are just so tight-knit and almost impossible to break in. People from my hometown are much more down-to-earth in comparison. :p @@aluumina
That's really interesting, and it seems here that the devil is in the details. I can see how living with older people can be beneficial as they have more life experience and can almost act like a "mentor" in some cases, but that's only if they are someone you value (in terms of what they say, lifestyle, etc.) What I mentioned earlier is if you're living with people that aren't open minded and view the world differently than you (i.e. parents). It's difficult to change if you're surrounded by people that also don't change, and have a mindset that is different than yours (and are stunted growth-wise)
beautifully said, but its still not fool proof. wait going to bars with a bunch of cosplayers is still a meet up event. As a cosplayer best way to meet people are after convention meals.
The social ones are definitely a waste of time for sure. Like you said it really does feel like you're just shooting in the dark. A lot of times I'd go to these things and just feel awkward and out of place. The ones that zero in on a certain activity or common interest you're more likely to have success in. It could be anything a sport, a skill, My two main interests are movies and video games. So I try to look for events that center around those. If I am going to talk to a stranger I'd rather talk to them about something we are both interested in, rather then the weather or what we watched on the news.
But if a coincidence- I came across your video because I am looking for ways to promote my own dance group here in Melbourne Australia. (It is Scottish Country Dance)And to figure out why it didn’t work well for a similar group here. Have decided the lack was turning the signups into a real life Meetup- not just using it as advertising for an existing group. Needs to be a specific event. BTW, there are SCD groups in Vancouver. It is a group style of dance, in sets of 8, quite a structured style of dance but lots of fun. RSCDS Canada.
I feel like this advice works for any city, so you can take the "vancouver" part to capture a larger audience Like "how to actually make friends as an adult (and why meetup groups suck)
Hmmmm interesting suggestion! I'm from Vancouver so that's where I was going with this but this is a good point. Funny enough this vid is doing pretty well compared to my other ones but if the traction dies off I'll change it to your suggestion and see what happens Ty for the solid suggestion bro
@@aluumina yeah, considering it landed on my front page, im guessing the algorithm is picking it up.. but like, i live in San diego, and I clicked on it cuz I'm like, I can't imagine there's anything really different... other than better hikes, better rock climbing, and better snowboarding but you get the point haha
It's an interesting point, but if he made it more broad, he would also be competing with the millions of other "How to Make Friends as an Adult" videos
Vancouver was never a lonely city before. Thia "loneliness" culture started w the condo craze and developments. All tye lifelong Vancouverites have moved to the burbs cuz it's so expensive in the city. People who had actual connections to communities and neighborhoods. Now Vancouver is full of outsiders and transients w no true connection to our city. It's so sad. I miss small Vanvouver before the condos
Meet-up consists of bunch of social inadequates. Some have no social life outside meet-ups. People who have natural social skills attract friends naturally, so they don't need meet-ups to initiate new friendship.
I agree. I have some social anxiety, but for the most part make friends easily and even go out to places alone and make friends with strangers lol. All the meetups ive attended are beyond weird. Very strange vibes.
"natural social skills?" That's on oxymoron. If something comes naturally to you how is it a skill? A skill is something you have to work at. Someone who has "natural social skills" is probably just someone who does a lot of socializing and got really good at it.
Thank you for pointing abou- semantics. But, skills are not necessarily acquired by practise. Babies have so many skills to aquire things naturally without practising it. According to the dictionary, skills are mostly aquired by practicing, but it says 'epecially' and Implies all of the skills are not aquired by practising and some people have inherit parents' genes. For example, if your father was a Tennis player, and you have become Tennis player as well as your father, you may have practiced it, but your Tennis skills are somewhat inherited by your father's gene. Sometimes, people say 'You have great skills on something' to somebody, but it's hard to determine whether skills are naturally acquired by them or a series of long practice. Some beginners can be great at baseball or football on the first day of the lesson, but Teachers might say, 'You have great skills.'
The problems of English is that most of the words have derived from Latin and the original meaning of Latin word is much different than what it is used today. The original word 'scille' is being used around 1520's, but meaning is not necessarily some thing which is aquired by practice. Languages have always 'loophole'. Geniuses can aquire difficult mathematics skills by only 1 minute or even 1 second. In this case, 1 second or 1 minute can be considered as 'practising'?
haha righht so I am in Vancity now..and I am intrested in dancing. I was told there is the street dance festival this weekend? But I was also trying to find a latin scocial dancing party. Do you have any places in mind? lol halp
Haha, funny enough this is such an oddly specific request but I happen to know the answer since I was talking to someone in the discord about this yesterday! There are 4x free Latin dance events happening this summer: July 28 - Argentine Tango with Gabriel Monty, Maria Sanghera, and DJ Gabriel August 4 - Brazilian Zouk with Javi Monsalve, DJ Javi August 11 - Salsa On 1 with Sean Perez, DJ Sean August 18 - Dominican Bachata with Celina Villarroel Whiting and DJ MiXXX Nick Guarna Reference: www.eventbrite.com/e/dance-dance-dance-free-latin-dance-classes-tickets-660781213397 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're interested in Salsa, there are also 3x free weekly salsa events happening: Wednesdays @brentwood mall: theamazingbrentwood.com/see-do/ (scroll down until you see salsa dancing) Fridays @robson square: I don't have the link for this but heard it's by West Coast Swing (WCS) Sundays @robson square: sundayafternoonsalsa.com/ (they also have a IG page thats pretty active) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're interested in Hustle (another type of partner dance) there's also 1x free and 1x paid ones that happen weekly: Tuesdays (Free): @robson square Thursdays (Paid): @Victoria Drive Community Hal Reference: facebook.com/groups/hustleatrs (their group is pretty active and an amazing, friendly community)
@@aluumina haha oh wow! I did ask the right person! thank u so much! ^^ yeah i tried hustle last time I was here so will go again~! haha btw awesome video and the edit part was funny loved it :)
@@HIMgirl666haha np! I've been recommended bachata and hustle so I'll be trying those personally! I took a zouk beginner program and it was fun but kinda mid tbh LOL It's never been a better time to try dance esp with so many free ones during the summer 🎉
@@aluumina lol that's amazing! haha really u didn't like it? ah well. but yeah bachata is amazing and hustle kind of reminds me of salsa on 1 but more flowing ^^
Haha that's a great idea! I've been to a few meetup groups in Vancouver before and the best one I've been in is one called "We should be friends Vancouver". They have a discord that's extremely active with all sorts of people planning activities. You'll probably run into me as well if you're there! I'll drop a link here to there IG (you can access their discord through the linktree link in their bio, as the discord link will expire if I paste it). instagram.com/weshouldbefriendsvancouver/?hl=en
@@aluumina Oh I have never heard half of those words. you should make a video about it sometime. I like K-pop and ballroom dancing. I like K-pop because it's easy to learn and I like the songs. Ballroom cuz I wanted to get out of my comfort zone and meet more people. It's very hard tho. Did you take classes for the dances you mentioned?
@@aluumina Also, this is unrelated to this video, but I just wanted to comment on your video "Go Outside". I feel like it's a privilege to be able to travel, go to Toronto and do skydiving. I'm not sure how these endeavors really transformed you. Don't get me wrong - I love traveling and I would love to go skydiving. And obviously, going outside gives you Vitamin D, which helps with depression clinically. Maybe you could go more into how and why it made you feel better. For example, if it was the social aspect, then one can just stay home and play video games with people. Why bother going outside and wasting commute time? Also, do you have any free/cheap suggestions for becoming less "Depressed" other than "Go outside"?
Unfortunately depression (as you probably already know) is complex and I wouldn't be able to provide suggestions without more context. I can share my experiences but recognize that they might not map 1:1 with yours (or others) experiences "Go outside" for me is just one answer, and is shorthand of saying "don't stay in your room all day, go out there and enjoy life. Move your body so you don't just spend your days in your head, overthinking, and get in touch with the world". It's a self reminder to me as I've had a habit of staying stuck inside my room in the past (and also every now and then on occasion). I've had my case of video game addiction, and formed quite a few negative habits which get broken when I go outside (for example, binge watching shows or playing video games solely for the purpose of passing time and 'escaping' when I could go for a walk and enjoy the sunset). For me, going outside reminded me that there's so much more to the world than my room (so much more you can do, people you can meet, nature you can connect with, etc, and that I am not alone in this world, and in my struggles (which I'm reminded of when I see other people). Hope this helps!
Yep I've taken classes for all of the dances I mentioned at one point! Was thinking of making a video on all the hobbies I'm aware of and tried in Vancouver but still going back and forth on that one 😅
Would anyone be interested if I made a course on how to make friends in Vancouver? Like actually deep, meaningful friendships
I've spent the past 3 years seriously figuring out how to make these friendships, which has been a JOURNEY especially in a city like Vancouver.
Oh and it'll be free! All I ask is for genuine feedback on what you liked/didn't like, and to like this or comment below if you'd be interested!
Great advice. You channel is under rated and need more attention! Such a video with good clarity and structure
Thank you so much! I'm taking a break rn from content but will be back, I have plans for this channel on the future 👀
I personally found social Meetups to be a waste of time. The ones that I attended only wanted to meet when there was a meet up. I ended up just volunteering with organizations. At least I knew that there was a common interest.
Yeah common interests are a great way to find (and also maintain) friends I've found! Social meetup groups tend to be all over the place in terms of interests so it may be harder that way (esp if the event is just a 'social')
that's a good tip, thank you :) I'm new here. Where do you volunteer?
A lot of people who do to those are just there to chase girls, or girls who want to be chased.
@@zephyrkhambattawith the homeless and food banks.
Another caveat here about Meetup: because many men use Meetup groups solely as a way finding women for dating (Meetup groups are NOT actual dating groups) they can get dropped from any group if there are complaints. It seems most women who attend the events don't want to be hit on by strange men nor do they want to get messages from men they haven't met.
I've been running a Meet Up group for 8 years in Vancouver. Our members have made great friends and do things thru the app and also outside the app! I think a lot of it alao has to do w types of events, locations and also the rules of the group. Mine has been successful, I think, because of our rulea and the diversity of our organizers.
Just went to a meet-up today , my first one and it was awkward as hell . I am proud of myself of stepping out of my comfort zone but I can see why it can be a waste of time.
Proud of ya too! Honestly it's been a while since I made this video and am surprised it still gets this many views!
interesting I'm going to my first meet-up after tomorrow it's more of a tour than a closed up event. I'm more of introvert too not good at talking with totall strangers but at least even I wouldn't end up making friends I'll still enjoy discovering new landmarks in the city
@@percificatamtam that's a good way to think about it!
I'm going to Canada in September and really anxious about not making any new friends there. Never have I been worried about things like these in my past twenty years. I took my friends for granted and forgot about how hard to find one to begin with. Thank you for your video. You encourage me to think about what kind of friend I truly need. And not just wasting time entertaining others.
No problem man, glad you found it helpful! The whole reason I started YT was to help people so :D. And this is a month early, but welcome to Canada my friend :)
Thanks for the video. I don't understand why you say that the meetup groups suck. Your analysis saying that there are two kinds of meetup activities, "Social based" and "Activity based", is exactly correct. The social ones where you just stand around a bar trying to come up with small talk are a little lame. The activity-based ones have done wonders for my social life in my town. We participated in bowling, game nights, hikes, karakoke, etecetera. Before we know it we were on facebook and instagram with each other. We started being able to self-organize lots more fun stuff like birthday parties, field days, whatever. My ability to participate and cooperate in genuinely fun and mutually enjoyable activities with other people whom I genuinely like, has gone through the roof. It was largely due to starting with Meetup (Activity-based events), then moving on to Facebook and Instagram for everyone to exercise their creativity and come up with other fun stuff to do together.
I live in Montreal and all young people coming from
Vancouver says it’s impossible to make friends there
I've personally found over the past few months that one of the contributing factors to this are how events are scattered throughout, and unless you have a good network or know where to look, it's hard to find events that you really vibe with and fit your interests/hobbies. Meetup.com and Facebook groups just don't cut it (they're not good enough).
Another factor that someone else from this Facebook group I'm in mentioned are high housing prices. The theory was that this forces people to live their their parents, which caps their growth (especially mentally) which leads to less people that are really able to connect with others. It was an interesting theory I'll pass off here since I can see some truth to it.
Curious how things r in Montreal compared to here tho!
I've moved back with my parents right now, 2hr away from Vancouver Vancouver, and it IS very hard to find friends here. Everyone is either in high school or elderly. And I feel like it's just not worth it to spend that much time on the road to see my friends, even though I love them very much. I guess that's the downside of a big city, eh?
Mental growth thing... I can't agree with that. I'd say that I'm more mentally mature than most of my peers because I'm surrounded by older people lol. Plz elaborate.
I've heard a saying: "The only friends you make in Vancouver are not from Vancouver." LOL take what you will from that. I made about 1 Vancouverite friend in total from my 5 years in Vancouver. Their friend groups are just so tight-knit and almost impossible to break in. People from my hometown are much more down-to-earth in comparison. :p
@@aluumina
That's really interesting, and it seems here that the devil is in the details. I can see how living with older people can be beneficial as they have more life experience and can almost act like a "mentor" in some cases, but that's only if they are someone you value (in terms of what they say, lifestyle, etc.)
What I mentioned earlier is if you're living with people that aren't open minded and view the world differently than you (i.e. parents). It's difficult to change if you're surrounded by people that also don't change, and have a mindset that is different than yours (and are stunted growth-wise)
beautifully said, but its still not fool proof. wait going to bars with a bunch of cosplayers is still a meet up event. As a cosplayer best way to meet people are after convention meals.
The social ones are definitely a waste of time for sure. Like you said it really does feel like you're just shooting in the dark. A lot of times I'd go to these things and just feel awkward and out of place. The ones that zero in on a certain activity or common interest you're more likely to have success in. It could be anything a sport, a skill, My two main interests are movies and video games. So I try to look for events that center around those. If I am going to talk to a stranger I'd rather talk to them about something we are both interested in, rather then the weather or what we watched on the news.
But if a coincidence- I came across your video because I am looking for ways to promote my own dance group here in Melbourne Australia. (It is Scottish Country Dance)And to figure out why it didn’t work well for a similar group here. Have decided the lack was turning the signups into a real life Meetup- not just using it as advertising for an existing group. Needs to be a specific event. BTW, there are SCD groups in Vancouver. It is a group style of dance, in sets of 8, quite a structured style of dance but lots of fun. RSCDS Canada.
I feel like this advice works for any city, so you can take the "vancouver" part to capture a larger audience
Like "how to actually make friends as an adult (and why meetup groups suck)
Hmmmm interesting suggestion! I'm from Vancouver so that's where I was going with this but this is a good point. Funny enough this vid is doing pretty well compared to my other ones but if the traction dies off I'll change it to your suggestion and see what happens
Ty for the solid suggestion bro
@@aluumina yeah, considering it landed on my front page, im guessing the algorithm is picking it up.. but like, i live in San diego, and I clicked on it cuz I'm like, I can't imagine there's anything really different... other than better hikes, better rock climbing, and better snowboarding but you get the point haha
@@aluuminai actually clicked on your video bc it’s specifically about Vancouver 😊
It's an interesting point, but if he made it more broad, he would also be competing with the millions of other "How to Make Friends as an Adult" videos
@@zeffery101 Oh that's really good to know, thanks!
I joined meetups and they aren’t any Aviation groups. Waste of time and deleted my account.
Vancouver was never a lonely city before. Thia "loneliness" culture started w the condo craze and developments. All tye lifelong Vancouverites have moved to the burbs cuz it's so expensive in the city. People who had actual connections to communities and neighborhoods. Now Vancouver is full of outsiders and transients w no true connection to our city. It's so sad. I miss small Vanvouver before the condos
Thanks for the video!! It helped me a lot
No problem! Hella glad you found it useful :)
Meet-up consists of bunch of social inadequates. Some have no social life outside meet-ups. People who have natural social skills attract friends naturally, so they don't need meet-ups to initiate new friendship.
We all trying out here and that's what matters :)
I agree. I have some social anxiety, but for the most part make friends easily and even go out to places alone and make friends with strangers lol. All the meetups ive attended are beyond weird. Very strange vibes.
"natural social skills?" That's on oxymoron. If something comes naturally to you how is it a skill? A skill is something you have to work at. Someone who has "natural social skills" is probably just someone who does a lot of socializing and got really good at it.
Thank you for pointing abou- semantics. But, skills are not necessarily acquired
by practise. Babies have so many skills to aquire things naturally without practising it. According to the dictionary, skills are mostly aquired by practicing, but it says 'epecially' and Implies all of the skills are not aquired by practising and some people have inherit parents' genes. For example, if your father was a Tennis player, and you have become Tennis player as well as your father, you may have practiced it, but your Tennis skills are somewhat inherited by your father's gene. Sometimes, people say 'You have great skills on something' to somebody, but it's hard to determine whether skills are naturally acquired by them or a series of long practice. Some beginners
can be great at baseball or football on the first day of the lesson, but Teachers might say, 'You have great skills.'
The problems of English
is that most of the words have derived from Latin and the original meaning of Latin word is much different than what it is used today. The original word 'scille' is being used around 1520's, but meaning is not necessarily some thing which is aquired by practice. Languages have always 'loophole'. Geniuses can aquire difficult mathematics skills by only 1
minute or even 1 second. In this case, 1 second or 1 minute can be considered as 'practising'?
Vancouver, Wa?
Sick video + editing 🔥
Thanks bud
I’m coming as a tourist and I need to meet people and travel
Welcome to the city bro
haha righht so I am in Vancity now..and I am intrested in dancing. I was told there is the street dance festival this weekend? But I was also trying to find a latin scocial dancing party. Do you have any places in mind? lol halp
Haha, funny enough this is such an oddly specific request but I happen to know the answer since I was talking to someone in the discord about this yesterday!
There are 4x free Latin dance events happening this summer:
July 28 - Argentine Tango with Gabriel Monty, Maria Sanghera, and DJ Gabriel
August 4 - Brazilian Zouk with Javi Monsalve, DJ Javi
August 11 - Salsa On 1 with Sean Perez, DJ Sean
August 18 - Dominican Bachata with Celina Villarroel Whiting and DJ MiXXX Nick Guarna
Reference: www.eventbrite.com/e/dance-dance-dance-free-latin-dance-classes-tickets-660781213397
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If you're interested in Salsa, there are also 3x free weekly salsa events happening:
Wednesdays @brentwood mall: theamazingbrentwood.com/see-do/ (scroll down until you see salsa dancing)
Fridays @robson square: I don't have the link for this but heard it's by West Coast Swing (WCS)
Sundays @robson square: sundayafternoonsalsa.com/ (they also have a IG page thats pretty active)
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If you're interested in Hustle (another type of partner dance) there's also 1x free and 1x paid ones that happen weekly:
Tuesdays (Free): @robson square
Thursdays (Paid): @Victoria Drive Community Hal
Reference: facebook.com/groups/hustleatrs (their group is pretty active and an amazing, friendly community)
@@aluumina haha oh wow! I did ask the right person! thank u so much! ^^ yeah i tried hustle last time I was here so will go again~! haha btw awesome video and the edit part was funny loved it :)
@@aluumina and yes salsa and bachata for sure! and zouk! lol ^^
@@HIMgirl666haha np! I've been recommended bachata and hustle so I'll be trying those personally! I took a zouk beginner program and it was fun but kinda mid tbh LOL
It's never been a better time to try dance esp with so many free ones during the summer 🎉
@@aluumina lol that's amazing! haha really u didn't like it? ah well. but yeah bachata is amazing and hustle kind of reminds me of salsa on 1 but more flowing ^^
Well made, very informative 😎
Thanks bro!
You're cool 🤣 why not use this comment section as a way of meet people too
Haha that's a great idea! I've been to a few meetup groups in Vancouver before and the best one I've been in is one called "We should be friends Vancouver". They have a discord that's extremely active with all sorts of people planning activities. You'll probably run into me as well if you're there!
I'll drop a link here to there IG (you can access their discord through the linktree link in their bio, as the discord link will expire if I paste it). instagram.com/weshouldbefriendsvancouver/?hl=en
what dance do u like lol
I've done a bunch of dances like bboying, hiphop, grooving, house, zouk, etc.
My fav rn would probs be house tbh, wbu?
@@aluumina Oh I have never heard half of those words. you should make a video about it sometime. I like K-pop and ballroom dancing. I like K-pop because it's easy to learn and I like the songs. Ballroom cuz I wanted to get out of my comfort zone and meet more people. It's very hard tho. Did you take classes for the dances you mentioned?
@@aluumina Also, this is unrelated to this video, but I just wanted to comment on your video "Go Outside". I feel like it's a privilege to be able to travel, go to Toronto and do skydiving. I'm not sure how these endeavors really transformed you. Don't get me wrong - I love traveling and I would love to go skydiving. And obviously, going outside gives you Vitamin D, which helps with depression clinically. Maybe you could go more into how and why it made you feel better. For example, if it was the social aspect, then one can just stay home and play video games with people. Why bother going outside and wasting commute time? Also, do you have any free/cheap suggestions for becoming less "Depressed" other than "Go outside"?
Unfortunately depression (as you probably already know) is complex and I wouldn't be able to provide suggestions without more context. I can share my experiences but recognize that they might not map 1:1 with yours (or others) experiences
"Go outside" for me is just one answer, and is shorthand of saying "don't stay in your room all day, go out there and enjoy life. Move your body so you don't just spend your days in your head, overthinking, and get in touch with the world". It's a self reminder to me as I've had a habit of staying stuck inside my room in the past (and also every now and then on occasion). I've had my case of video game addiction, and formed quite a few negative habits which get broken when I go outside (for example, binge watching shows or playing video games solely for the purpose of passing time and 'escaping' when I could go for a walk and enjoy the sunset).
For me, going outside reminded me that there's so much more to the world than my room (so much more you can do, people you can meet, nature you can connect with, etc, and that I am not alone in this world, and in my struggles (which I'm reminded of when I see other people).
Hope this helps!
Yep I've taken classes for all of the dances I mentioned at one point! Was thinking of making a video on all the hobbies I'm aware of and tried in Vancouver but still going back and forth on that one 😅