I wanted to write this up last week, but I’m in Colombia having too much fun.
Back in 2016 I wrote a guest post on the site Tiny Buddha and told the story of my struggle to make new friends when I moved to a new city.
I learned a lot from that struggle, and the knowledge I gained became the seeds for The Social Winner.
The story focuses on being in a new place where you don’t anyone. Until I moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, I never realized that it would be difficult to meet new people in a new place, let alone turn those people into good friends.
Fortunately, I changed my mindset so that I was much more open to new people and activities. That shift in mindset led to some interesting adventures, and those led to meeting some of my very best friends.
Well, last week I just had another article posted on Tiny Buddha which focuses on maintaining relationships and spending time with people you truly enjoy.
This is basically part 2 of my social journey and takes place when I moved back to California after living in Santa Fe. Although I had good friends, I didn’t nourish those relationships or put enough effort into spending time with them.
The post goes into the struggle of maintaining a social life and how important it really is. If you ever find that you’re not putting enough effort into hanging out with your friends (and I don’t mean all the time – everyone needs plenty of alone time!), you’ll probably relate and find this article helpful.
Just go here if you’d like to read my new post on Tiny Buddha called Don’t Lose Sight of the Big Picture: Spend Time with People You Truly Enjoy.