The past few years, loneliness has become the new normal.

Yes, we want to learn how to self-soothe, to sit with ourselves, to be bored. What’s NOT good? Constantly wishing you had more connections. Society tells us that making friends is hard as an adult, but I believe we CAN impact this area of our life through small actions that build up over time.

So today, I’m going to tell you how I’m trying to figure out this problem in my own life through my 5 friendship goals for 2023 – plus the small actions I’m taking to get there. (Side note: listening to my episode about friendship goals might help in understanding today’s show.)

In this episode you’ll hear about:

• How I’m mixing up my patterns and putting myself out there in the world, from having random conversations with people in coffee shops, to going to classes
• Benefits of formal communities, including: never knowing who will walk through the door, common goals, learning and improving ourselves, and different perspectives
• How I’m trying to make more business friends – specifically, entrepreneurs building online-based businesses – including partaking in more groups and saying YES
• One way Michael and I have decided to use our money to further our goals of spending more time with friends who’ve since moved far away from us
• How I’m reinvesting in my historic friendships, from connecting virtually to reinvigorating our old traditions through travel and check-ins
• Getting creative and using your resources to create your own systems to invest in social wellness

Resources & Links

Visit my website to see the “Your People” framework, which can help to understand your friends, family and community.

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