Surface area. Networking. Openness to those that for whatever reason click and might become friends, business associates and romantic partners. Few will click, but those few will have shown at least some interest in you and what you do. It took divorce and loneliness for me to understand the concept of surface area, to exist, to not be invisible and anonymous, but create tiny opportunities for connection. It's pretty much all we can do as busy adults.
Is this a way to make me feel less bad about gaining a bit too much weight?
Joking apart this is a very valid point, often you can just fall onto something where people have taken the time to put something out there, you documented your thought or your little haven of work, whatever it is, for other to find eventually. It is nice and valuable.
In a day and age where everything needs to have meaning or be productive, it is healthy to make things that serve no other purpose but to be. It will be eventually lost to time and noise, but so is everyone existence on this earth.
