March of Gratitude Day 16: Third Places

Third Space Brewery – Oh how I will miss you.

Ray Oldenburg coined the term “Third Space” (or third place) in his book The Great Good Place and deemed it as:

“…a space where people meet to unwind, discuss and talk about things that matter to them, their neighborhood and their community, where they can let down their guard, relax, be themselves, develop new friendships and deepen existing ones.”

Day 16 of March of Gratitude and I’m grateful for my friends at Third Space Brewing (especially) and all the other unofficial third places in our life. We all need places to wind down, enjoy each other’s community, be ourselves after playing grown-up all day…

Where is your third space?

What are you grateful for today?