Practical Ways to Make Friends + Put Yourself Out There

In this episode we talk about how it can be hard to make new friends as an a adult and why. We also chat about making friends in terms of living in the same place versus internationally and give tactical ways to put yourself out there and spark invitations and conversations to make new friends.

NOTES:

- How friendship evolves and why making friends when you're older gets harder.

- Working versus staying at home and how that affects making friends.

- Why it may be hard to make new friends when you live in one place.

- The perception we have of making friends and how it holds us back.

- Some times you have an establishment to help you make the effort but sometimes it's on you to make the effort.

- How you put yourself out there if you aren't the kind of person who puts themselves out there.

- Getting out of the friend rut.

- New friends, new conversations.

- Some ways to make new friends...

TAKEAWAYS:

1. Don't Persume (LOL. a word Husband made up) that everyone's busy and ask.

2. You have to make the effort.

3. Find your thing and invite people to join you.

4. Let go of the outcome. Put it out there and don't let a NO mean anything.

5. Putting yourself out there can be hard. Know that.

6. Be yourself. You want to find people you connect with and that will only happen when you are yourself.

QUICK SHOT QUESTIONL

What Christmas singer would you want to be your roommate?

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