Reflect on everything you’ve learned lately about your deeper needs within group situations. If you’ve felt disconnected from your brunch crew, coven, or book club, pinpoint the origin story of this dissonance. Maybe you’ve overextended yourself or drained your social batteries when you secretly just want to curl up under a blanket. In any case, approaching future communal involvements with discernment will ensure you mingle only when your heart is in it. Giving yourself permission to RSVP “no” will help you replenish your schmoozing energy.