At my last day of working at the University Advancement building, I had a great conversation with my manager over lunch. We talked about everything from Christmas to student life at SFU and how surprisingly, she started off by temping at the university as well.
As we went over upcoming vacation plans, she brought up the one thing she was looking forward to the most: writing. Sitting at a beach, drink in hand, and getting back to writing without the distractions that come with regular life.
You could hear it from her voice that it was her passion, and it was refreshing to be able to relate. Then there was the snowball effect — we went over how we both love hiking, reading, planning events, and it finally hit me how much we have in common and all I had to do was ask.
My biggest takeaway, and something I don't consider nearly enough is: if you are genuinely interested in someone's story and ask simple questions on what they enjoy doing, most people generally love to tell you. Did I mention you'll have great conversations that go beyond office/school talk?
In addition to gaining a recommendation on a new hike, this also reminded me that I need to dedicate more time to reading. More on that soon :)
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