A lot of ordinary life is carried as if one person is supposed to handle it all.
The decisions. The uncertainty. The work. The planning. The problems. The emotional load. The endless small things that need to be figured out.
Even when we have people around us, we may still find ourselves thinking, deciding and acting as if the load is ours alone.
Survival of the Closest is an experiment in doing something different.
We’re learning practical ways to involve other people in ordinary life: asking, listening, checking assumptions, bringing other minds into problems, receiving help, responding to one another and navigating the inevitable friction that happens between people.
Right now, the heart of the project is The Six.
Six people meet once a week for six weeks to practice meeting life together rather than automatically carrying it alone.
It isn’t therapy. It isn’t networking. And it isn’t a promise that six strangers will instantly become best friends.
It’s a small, bounded experiment:
What happens when the same people meet repeatedly and practice having people?
We’re running the first Sixes now and learning from what actually happens.
If this question resonates with you, start with The Experiment to learn how The Six works.
And if you’d like to follow what we discover, along with future gatherings, experiments and ways to participate, subscribe here:
You don’t have to carry it all alone anymore..