This week we're doing another fun field assignment: how many new people do you think you meet in a day?
This one is easy because all you have to do is GO ABOUT YOUR LIFE LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO. Just carry a scrap of paper to tally the count and to make notes.
For the purpose of the exercise, we'll define "meet" as: an encounter with a new person.
We'll define "encounter" as: more than eye contact, or a simple nod, but not necessarily a long discourse or a "deep" conversation. So chatting with someone at the train station about the weather counts. Shaking hands with someone new in a meeting or at a party counts. Small talk counts. Digital encounters? You can make a case.
In the comments, post...
Date:
New People Met:
And then explain what the experience was like, as if writing a brief journal entry, objectively observing your everyday path through the world.
