5/14/2023 0 Comments The quiet americans bookIt means making space in your day to day for hanging out, sometimes at the expense of productivity. Sheila and Dave have constructed a schedule, a way of viewing the world, and even a home that’s conducive to hanging out, because to be a person who cares about hanging out means building a life that nurtures this passion. She works at it-she puts effort into this seemingly effortless phenomenon. Despite the drinks we’d consumed, it’s not about the lowering of inhibitions either. Sheila excels at hanging out, and that’s not purely a matter of extroversion-it’s not only about the accident of personality. “A person does not excel or fail at hanging out so much as they do it or they don’t,” Sheila writes, but after spending a day with her, I don’t think I agree. I didn’t slip my stocking feet under Dave’s legs, because I’m not a weirdo, but I would have liked to. How do you deal with the fact that nostalgia is a trap? OK, but what was the first concert you ever attended? Where would you want to live if money were no object? Can you fucking believe this sexy photo of the founder of the 1980s new-age record label Windham Hill? We were halted into silence by the husband-and-wife duo singing in unison, her voice a clarinet, his a mournful baritone sax. We asked one another searching questions.
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