The Art (& Science) of Inviting People Over Again
Welcome to How to Be Social Again: The No-Stress Guide to Returning to Society. In this mini-series, you'll get a brush-up on everything from invitation etiquette to navigating bars again—plus, a drinks menu-planner for any party size and an ode the most underrated of gatherings, the coffee date.
What does Priya Parker’s social calendar look like right now, I wonder? Reentry has gotten off to a bumpy start: Almost half of vaccinated Americans still feel “uneasy about adjusting to in-person interaction,” according to a March 2021 American Psychological Association report. So how has it been for Parker, a group conflict mediator by training and the author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters (and, I’m hoping, my guiding light)?