I had a knee-jerk reaction to reading this comment, thinking it was perhaps a little too snarky.
But then I went and actually read the story, and it does sort of stink of this kind of intellectualization and overdone analysis that I feel would make it very challenging to make meaningful connections with others.
But isn't that the point of writing an article like this?
We're not reading someone's diary; we're reading someone's homework, and the assignment was "go out and make a friend in a month, and then write about it in an insightful and critical way."
Sure, maybe that was the assignment. But I think overanalyzing your attempts at making friends will get in the way of you making friends. To me it reads as if the author was beginning to drive herself mad by repeatedly reminding herself of each of the tiny mistakes she had made. I don't think that's going to help you make friends.
But then I went and actually read the story, and it does sort of stink of this kind of intellectualization and overdone analysis that I feel would make it very challenging to make meaningful connections with others.