How can you be lonely when so many people showed up at your birthday party? Can you fight loneliness by managing expectations? And where can you find company while enjoying the best garlic cheeseburger in the greater Salt Lake City metro area?
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I'm Angela Duckworth.
I'm Mike Mann, and you're listening to.
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Are we becoming lonelier or just more alone?
Look how many people showed up for your birthday party.
How could you be lonely?
Mike, I have a question that's kind of a downer, so I'm just gonna say it before you say, no, don't bring me down.
But I wonder if you think that we're more lonely these days.
And I guess by we, I mean, I don't know.
Maybe.
I mean Americans, maybe.
I mean anyone.
Do you think people are feeling more lonely these days?
Oh, my gosh.
Yes, I actually do.
And I think we see it a lot.
It's so interesting that you ask this.
I will just say, anecdotally, I mentor a group of young single adults who are in their early to mid twenties.