Friendship

  • How to make the most of your 20s with your friends

    How to make the most of your 20s with your friends

    Assuming you are reading this – obviously – in your 20s, but more importantly, this [hopefully] being the time in your life when your friends are…well…life. Although this is more of an unconventional approach, I believe this is the time to make the most of your 20s *with your bestie(s)*. You and your crew are…

  • As an adult I have few friends (what I’m learning)

    As an adult I have few friends (what I’m learning)

    I’m a 30-something year old adult now, and I have few friends. If I’ve learned anything at this point is that less is more, and I’ve never been happier. Allow me to explain in simpler terms: quality over quantity. There was certainly a time in my life when I viewed having friends as a social…

  • This is how you know you they are a true friend

    This is how you know you they are a true friend

    What is a real friend and what does this mean to you? How would you describe a true friend? If you spent enough time thinking about it, there’s likely a fairly long list. Frankly, if you asked me 15+ years ago, my list would be 10x as long, including things like shared interests, finishing each…

  • Why making adult friends is difficult, and even harder to keep

    Why making adult friends is difficult, and even harder to keep

    Adult friendships are complicated today, and never seem to last. Adulting is hard – fulfilling, no doubt, but it definitely brings a new perspective to life. Even making and maintaining adult friendships are difficult, and even harder to keep. They just rarely seem to last these days. It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that…

  • An Open Letter To My Friends Who Are Now Strangers

    An Open Letter To My Friends Who Are Now Strangers

    Dear estranged Friend, After many years, my mind is often stricken with, “Why?” For everything. Why did you come into my life knowing it would come to this? It was impossible then, and still difficult to grasp now, that many friendships are filled with lessons. Why did we become so close if we knew at…