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How to prioritize and simplify your life
The importance of rest and relaxation
The benefits of slowing down
Get better at making friends as adults
- Build friendships for ten minutes a day. If you put in ten minutes a day, you can maintain existing friendships and build new ones. Send a text, forward a meme, add to the group chat or give someone a quick call.
- When you do get to properly spend time with a friend or acquaintance, make the most of it. Avoid distractions if possible, keep Instagram for the couch at home, and be present with your new friend.
- Lean into your vulnerability. If you struggle with trust, consider sharing personal information slowly, rather than all at once.
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Lack of trust
When researchers interviewed adults about making friends in a recent study, the most important challenge cited was a lack of trust. That is, people found it harder to put their trust in someone new and fully invest in them as a friend compared to when they were younger.
Perhaps tha...
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The challenge of friendship
If you've ever tried to make new friends as an adult, you'll probably see why loneliness is at an all-time high: making, developing, and maintaining friendships can be much more difficult than it used to be.
And that was before the pandemic made it much harder for us to se...
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Friendships need time
“Lack of time” was the second-most common reason people gave after “lack of trust” when asked why they found it hard to make friends as adults.
When we have demanding work schedules, very involved family lives, or a combination of the two, our time for inv...
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