Help me maintain my friendships — I keep meaning to stay in touch but life gets in the way.
Situation: [FRIENDS HAVE DRIFTED / MOVED CITIES / GOT BUSY / FEEL GUILTY ABOUT IT]
Number of close friends: [NUMBER]
How I usually lose touch: [FORGET / TOO TIRED / ANXIETY ABOUT REACHING OUT / TIME]
Provide:
1. **Friend Audit**: Map your friendship circles (close, regular, occasional, dormant)
2. **Contact Schedule**: A realistic system for staying in touch at different frequencies
3. **Low-Effort Connection**: 10 ways to maintain a friendship in under 2 minutes
4. **Reaching Out Scripts**: What to say when it's been ages and you feel awkward
5. **Quality Over Quantity**: Why 2-3 deep friendships beat 20 surface ones
6. **Friendship Dates**: Simple ideas for spending time together (not just drinks)
7. **Digital Friendship**: How to maintain friendships that are primarily online
8. **New Friend Making**: How to turn acquaintances into actual friends (as an adult)
9. **One-Sided Friendships**: How to recognise and address friendships that aren't reciprocal
10. **Monthly Ritual**: A simple monthly practice to ensure no friendship falls through the cracks
Help me maintain my friendships — I keep meaning to stay in touch but life gets in the way.
Situation: [FRIENDS HAVE DRIFTED / MOVED CITIES / GOT BUSY / FEEL GUILTY ABOUT IT]
Number of close friends: [NUMBER]
How I usually lose touch: [FORGET / TOO TIRED / ANXIETY ABOUT REACHING OUT / TIME]
Provide:
1. **Friend Audit**: Map your friendship circles (close, regular, occasional, dormant)
2. **Contact Schedule**: A realistic system for staying in touch at different frequencies
3. **Low-Effort Connection**: 10 ways to maintain a friendship in under 2 minutes
4. **Reaching Out Scripts**: What to say when it's been ages and you feel awkward
5. **Quality Over Quantity**: Why 2-3 deep friendships beat 20 surface ones
6. **Friendship Dates**: Simple ideas for spending time together (not just drinks)
7. **Digital Friendship**: How to maintain friendships that are primarily online
8. **New Friend Making**: How to turn acquaintances into actual friends (as an adult)
9. **One-Sided Friendships**: How to recognise and address friendships that aren't reciprocal
10. **Monthly Ritual**: A simple monthly practice to ensure no friendship falls through the cracks
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