Ever feel like your social life is a waiting game, stuck in the perpetual hope for an invitation to hang out? It’s time to flip the script! This episode is about empowering you to take control of your social time and friendships.

Don't wait around hoping to be invited--reach out, take the lead, and discover the joy that comes with being the planner. It's a super power!

This is the perfect episode for a new school year, or a new season of friendship for ALL AGES from kids to every stage of adulthood. Yes, every stage--through retirement and beyond.

A few links mentioned in the episode:

• The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness by Robert Waldinger M.D. and Marc Schulz Ph.D.
• This Ted Talk by Susan Pinker: "The Secret to Living Longer May be Your Social Life"
• Episode #3 of Dear Nina, "The Friend Who Never Initiates Contact"
• Danielle Bayer Jackson is an amazing source for all things friends, and the upcoming guest I mentioned and not being invited. 
• And so it Anna Goldfarb! In this episode I mentioned her 30 days of friendship tips on Threads.
• My best friend and occasional guest, Taryn Kessel, always talks about being your own "cruise director." You can find Taryn on episodes #2, #9, #18, #27.
• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

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Special thank you, as always, to my assistant producer, Rebekah Jacobs!