10 Classes to Join to Meet New People

Remember how the first day at school or college was a time of excitement and making new friends. This is because a classroom setting gives students a chance to mingle before and after class and sometimes to interact during class. Best of all, the people you meet here are likely to have a common interest or you wouldn’t be taking this class at all. Thus joining a class is one of the most effective ways of expanding your social circle or meeting a single. Here are ten classes you can consider joining which are sure to bring in rich dividends to your social life.

1. Foreign language
   
   Picking up a foreign language is one of the most difficult skills to acquire as an adult and also one which is bound to take some time getting right. This is why upon joining a foreign language class, you can expect your fellow students to possess a certain level of intelligence which is crucial if intellectual compatibility is an important consideration to you when making friends. Apart from the fact that facility with language implies someone with brains, it is also a sign of worldliness, one which distinguishes the much-travelled sophisticate from someone who has never been out of his home state.
   
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2. Dancing Dancing has long been a staple of community socializing, especially in Western cultures. People come together in music and dancing during festivities and family occasions. Other than this someone who is light of foot has always attracted admirers from the opposite sex. For all these reasons dance classes remain heavily subscribed as people not only try and pick up the steps of ballroom or Foxtrot to enliven a family wedding but also try and show off their Salsa and Tango moves in order to catch the eye of a single.
    
3. Musical instrument
   
   However for those of you not very confident on your feet, there is still something of the arts that you can pursue. Learning to play a musical instrument can be very fulfilling and what better than to pick up such a skill, than in the midst of fellow music lovers. You can choose from something popular like a guitar or a saxophone or perhaps more exotic like sitar. Apart from interacting during class, learning to play a musical instrument will also encourage you and your course mates to hang out in concerts, music festivals and pubs which are known to encourage new talent.
   
   
    
4. Craft
   
   For those of you who do not have the time or energy to commit to an artistic discipline, learning a craft can both satisfy one’s creative longings as well as remain easy on the schedule. These days there are various kinds of crafts lessons which you can choose to join – pottery making or glass painting for those with an artistic vein in their bodies or carpentry and knitting for those who like their pursuits to be more functional. And if you happen to meet someone you would like to know better, you can browse through your town’s art district or hang out in museums and galleries in like-minded company.
    
5. Cooking
   
   There are few activities more social than dining – indeed the very word dinner implies gatherings, people and parties. And what skill could be more conducive to expanding your social circle than cooking. So if you are planning to host a barbecue party in your neighborhood or reach out to new interns by sharing home-made cookies, a quick course in cooking seems in order. In fact taking cooking classes offers socializing opportunities even before you have mastered the skill – for instance where else would you bump into a banker, a college student, a firefighter and a homemaker other than a classroom where they have all gathered because of a common interest in maybe Thai or Moroccan cuisine. During class you can not only experiment making new dishes but can even carry on the socializing outside the classroom by sampling new restaurants and diners in your city.
    
6. Wine appreciation
   
   These days wine appreciation classes are a bit hit among people who wish to appear discriminating and knowledgeable about fine wines. Even if you are not keen on impressing others, such classes can reveal many interesting things about the making, tasting and history of wines. What’s more, meeting new people over a common interest in wines can expand your socializing venues to the best wine and cocktail bars in town and even to winery tours within and outside the country.
    
7. Creative writing
   
   While writing poetry or a novel is seen as a solitary creative pursuit, in reality poets, novelists and dramatists are often keenly interested in their fellow humans, if only for professional reasons. Thus taking creative writing classes can thrown you among people who are eager to meet different personalities, experience new situations and know all about the varied colors of the human situation. Again some of the best writing comes from having one’s ideas bounce off others’ opinions and feedback which in turn makes a creative writing class is a highly social platform.
    
8. Tennis lessons
   
   You may have the resources to hire a personal instructor to hone your tennis backhand or your golf drive but picking up the tips in a class would bring richer dividends for your social life. This is because when you join a class, you are bound to meet other people who have come to learn the same things as you. In fact learning in a class may be more effective than through personal tuitions since a class may provide a casual, more varied environment where the entire focus is not you and thus you are less pressured to excel.
    
9. Scuba diving
   
   On the other hand if you wish to go for a sport which has more thrill, look up adventure sports classes in your town or city. Scuba-diving, wind-surfing, snow-boarding and dirt-biking are some other options in extreme sports where you can meet other people who share you love for adrenalin-pumping action on the waves or the slopes.
    
10. Yoga/tai’chi
    
    In recent times there has been increasing focus on achieving harmony between various aspects of living – for this ancient practices such as yoga, tai’chi and various kinds of meditation have become quite popular. Thus if you belong to the growing tribe of people who wish to attain a better work-life balance, a great option would be to sign up for a class which would not keep you fit in both mind and body. Apart from learning to de-stress your yoga or tai’chi lesson would throw you in company of like-minded people with who you can explore your interest in holistic living.