I wanted to do something a little different than just going to bars and clubs and seeing DJs. I want to do all that still, but I’ve been looking for something else to enjoy, possibly midweek, and I couldn’t quite find it. So I put together a new Meetup group: Manchester Psychology Social Group.
I’ve found psychology interesting since I got an assessment for short term memory difficulties in 2009. Since then I’ve been reading, learning, watching things. There’s a cavalcade of info that I find fascinating, and more things I’d like to learn, and I just wondered if anyone else had that same passion. I thought it would be a bit niche for a Meetup group, but there was no harm in trying. I was already paying to be an organiser and I as allowed a third group (after Manchester Nightlife and Manc Mates), but the members started rolling in the moment I set up the group a week or so ago.
I set up a meetup for the Wednesday last week, which I felt might break up most people’s weeks so they aren’t waiting a whole week to do anything social. The plan was to go to Feel Good Club, a cafe with a mental health slant, but their opening hours weren’t particularly obvious. After a bit of digging it seemed they’d be closed at the time of the meeting, so I moved it to nearby cafe / bookshop Chapter One Books. There were 12 people down to meet: 6 showed up, but that was a good amount. Friendly people, empathetic, positive and full of ideas.
At the time of writing I have 82 members. Make it 83! I’ve just scheduled a new meeting at Haunt on Peter St next Wednesday. 7:30pm is the earliest I can get there. Join us if it sounds like your thing!
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