Why Do We Need To Go To Belonging Essay

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In the essay “No, You Don’t Need to Go to Holiday Parties If You Feel Lonely” by Neha Gajwani, there are a lot of good points, but I do not fully agree with the essay. It is not a bad thing to force yourself to go to social events. When you force yourself to go to events it can help build social skills, expose you to a celebratory environment contributing to a sense of belonging and creating long lasting memories with other people and exposes you to diverse types of people leading to new experiences and world views. Forcing yourself to go to social events and activities provides opportunities to build your social skills. Social skills are something that develops yourself, not something that you are just born with. If you don’t go to social events, …show more content…

Social events, especially ones during the holidays, can have a celebratory environment. Events in celebratory environments are filled with positive energy and joy. When you are in this kind of environment, it can give you a sense of belonging. When you have a sense of belonging, you stop faking happiness and start to feel real happiness. When you are in a celebratory environment with other people, you can create long lasting memories with different people. When you create those types of memories, you can always look back and feel the happiness you did in that moment. When you go to social gatherings, you are often exposed to a lot of different types of people. When you are exposed to different types of people, you start to see things from a different perspective. When you see things from someone else’s perspective, especially a person filled with joy, you can start to notice the little things in life that matter. When you meet different people, you can have new experiences, when you have new experiences, you can live life to the

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