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1. cthos 🐱 2 min later

   @zachleat Your brain adjusted to the "new normal", perfectly natural to feel overwhelmed / weird.

   1. Zach Leatherman 7 min later

      @cthos yeah! Trying to not be too hard on myself 🥹

2. Daniel Schildt 7 min later

   @zachleat It must be a shock for many to suddenly have so many people who care about similar things, in the same physical location. That's something not that common even before a few years ago. Community events are great overall for many reasons.

   1. Zach Leatherman 7 hr later

      @autiomaa yeah! My favorite thing, I feel like I can be my authentic self in those settings

3. Rhian van Esch 20 min later

   @zachleat I still feel this way when I go into my workplace's office. Everyone is very nice, but I am a hermit, and only used to interacting with husband and a 2-year-old. 😬

   1. Zach Leatherman 7 hr later

      @rhian ha! How much is the 2 y/o like other adults 😅

      1. Rhian van Esch 21 hr later

         @zachleat I mean, she goes glassy-eyed when I talk about web components, so that's the same as some adults I've worked with... (j/k)

4. Dave 🧱 29 min later

   @zachleat feeling sympathetic to this, about to fly to our main office and meet lots of colleagues for the first time 😵

   1. Zach Leatherman 7 hr later

      @DavidDarnes you’re amazing and they’re amazing 🏆

5. Fesh 49 min later

   @zachleat met colleagues in person for the first time ever after having worked with them for 5 years. It was jarring and sort of surreal. I also scrutinized myself in terms of social behaviors. Whole thing felt weird

   1. Zach Leatherman 7 hr later

      @gonzofish whew! 5 years exclusive virtual had to be some kind of record

      1. Fesh 8 hr later

         @zachleat that was maybe a little misleading. The specific group of people I hadn’t ever met. But I’d met others in person (but only once!). Sort of a result of Covid

         1. Zach Leatherman 10 hr later

            @gonzofish yeah, no worries! Still incredible!

6. Ari Koponen 1 hr later

   @zachleat Did the same a month ago, very same reaction. Even before the conf I had trouble sleeping.

   I’m normally very extroverted and love confs, 2 years of working from home really did their job. 😁

   1. Zach Leatherman 7 hr later

      @apkoponen the muscle will strengthen back to normal in due time! 🙌🏻

7. CJ Dunn 1 hr later

   @zachleat I felt that at all 3 IRL conferences I went to this year, if that makes you feel any better

   1. Zach Leatherman 7 hr later

      @cjtype it does yes! 🙌🏻