I admire many people from afar that I follow on this platform. Those whom I have yet to meet here in Charlotte, Garrett is one of them. My primary purpose with these posts is to bring the community together so we can learn from one another. To me, Garrett represents just that — community and his love for bringing individuals together for the greater good.
“Bringing people together in real life, that’s why I do coworking — creating space for people to come together. That’s why you see these protests and demonstrations become so powerful because you have a massive amount of people with shared values in spaces together to make a difference.”
Garrett has been an excellent resource for me to learn how to bake the most damn good-looking pie but also the ongoing social justice issues. He isn’t afraid to be transparent about learning and sharing the knowledge that people need to understand.
“I am learning on the fly, and that is what I want to get across to people. The moment you have five followers — you can influence and educate. If someone is overwhelmed by the amount of work that needs to be done, I think that’s fine; it’s finding a way to ensure that it’s not so crippling that you don’t do the work to move forward. That’s why my approach has been to sprinkle in little bits of stuff. Social Media became toxic because we went from nothing to everything, and there needs to be a middle ground because we can’t absorb that much information that’s why you see a small number of thoughtful things on my stories.”
“We all need to do things that feed our souls, and as long as we jump in for the right reasons and pushing the movements forward that we want to support, then it’s great to work.”
I wanted to touch base on how things have been for him and his coworking space, Hygge during COVID-19:
“We have taken such a beating; it is truly brutal. It was March 15th, I called the team, it was a Sunday, and I said we’re closing officially. It’s been tough. This is where hundreds of people call home, and there have been so many people that have been so kind. We (the team) have been less landlord and more part of the community, and there is shared mutual respect with one another, and it makes these times a bit easier.”
