The Little Connections That Fill Your Cup

Getting to Good Enough · Oct 8, 2026 · 19m

There’s something delightful about a competition where everyone is genuinely cheering for everyone else—and something decidedly less delightful about a reality show where everyone is mean. That contrast gets Janine and Shannon thinking about community, and all the people who can make life feel friendlier without necessarily becoming close friends.

It might be neighbors who bring in your packages, people you chat with in the elevator, fellow volunteers, the staff at the post office, or the folks at the Japanese restaurant who wave when you walk by—even when you’re trying to hide a Shake Shack…