I had an ugly Christmas sweater holiday party today for work and I was sitting around people I didn't know (the people I knew were at the other end of the table) and it was so difficult for me to find common ground to talk about with people. Granted I may be a little awkward but I'm pretty good at keeping the conversation going. For some reason legit I just couldn't keep a conversation flowing with the people around me. People just didn't seem to want to talk that much and it was so draining trying to keep the conversation going when they weren't reciprocating the effort. I'm pretty new to the corporate workforce and would love tips on safe topics for corporate parties or things to talk about without being too personal with strangers!