Emma Chamberlain

Who knows?

And I think there was something kind of embarrassing about that for me, the fact that I went to this coffee shop because I was like, hmm, what could happen here?

A lot of people I know go to this coffee shop.

I went there intentionally because I was like, hey, you never know.

I might see someone spark up a conversation.

I'm feeling kind of lonely.

And there was something kind of embarrassing about that, even though there's nothing embarrassing about that at all.

But again, I was in kind of a negative headspace that day.

I pushed through, got my coffee, didn't end up talking to anyone, and then decided I would go to one of my favorite vintage stores in Los Angeles.

I pull up, I go in, and at the front of the store, there's a group of kids and they were laughing and they were gabbing and they were talking.

And I end up sparking up a conversation with them.

Next thing I know, they're inviting me to go bowling.

And then the next day we went bowling and it was a really amazing time.

And now these are new friends that I have.

Like that would not have happened if I had not gone out alone.

That's the kind of magical, kindred, weird shit that happens when you go out alone and you're vulnerable in that way.

That type of stuff doesn't happen when you're hanging out with your best friend and you're at a coffee shop and you guys are so sucked into each other and the gossip that you're talking about that you don't even notice the world around you.

That doesn't happen then.

If you go out alone, you'll interact with people differently.

You'll see things differently.