![]() ![]() ![]() Julia: So what about the loneliness piece? Their feelings of self-worth tended to be tied to other people's approval of them, and there was this depressive personality type: "We don't feel totally comfortable being vulnerable with each other, so we'll just tell a bunch of jokes, making fun of each other and making fun of ourselves." I still default to that if I'm uncomfortable, but I didn't want to participate in a community where that was the norm. I met with agents and I was on an indie improv team–it was happening!–but I noticed that successful comics did not seem like happy people. I purposefully graduated from college early because I was just so excited to move to the city and start my life as a comedy writer. Jillian: The newsletter was born of my own experience with loneliness when I moved to New York City three years ago. ![]() So, yes, Jillian is busy, but she thankfully set aside some time for The Lonely Hour. ![]() Every Monday morning for two and a half years now, she has sent out the curated list of New York City-based events to her over 10,000 subscribers–and she plans to expand The Joy List to other cities soon.Īnd she's writing a book! Unlonely Planet comes out in July. Jillian Richardson is "on a mission to make the world less lonely" with The Joy List. ![]()
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