Make new friends

I had forgotten about this goal. I guess naturally you just make new friends by being friendly and nice to people, but I think I need to make more of a conscious effort to make more friends. I have been at church but sometimes I just get grumpy and don’t put myself out there as much as I should, and the same goes for other situations as well.

my birthday yesterday
had dinner with about 20 people
it was sooo great
a mix of old and new friends :)

ahh people are just great

a new Church, so have made heaps of friends there.
And I started dating one of the people I met at TAFE.
Isn’t life interesting :)

Got to keep it up though!

to keep in contact with old friends as well.

from work, we hung out the other night. And their friends.

Friends from TAFE, hang out occassionally.

Still got to keep in touch with current friends.

But doing well on this goal :)

I make a conscious effort to put myself out there more, and be open to new friendships.
It feels good!

hung out with an old acquantince on friday night.

had some nice conversations with the girls at my work. i don’t think i’d ever be proper friends with any of them but its nice to chat with people and work on your conversational skills.

hung out with old friends saturday night. not really making new friends but staying in contact with the old ones is important.

and today i saw my ex and my best guy friend, so that was good. i always embarrass myself so much in front of my ex, but he is still friends with me. i guess he knows the real me and can accept that i’m a bit annoying? who knows really.

I talked to some old friends, was very good.
You see the thing is, my ex boyfriend was friends with my main group of friends. And so I don’t really feel like I can hang out with them because I am still not over him (hate to admit it, but its true). Also, my ‘best friend’ was part of this group, and she turned out to be a real bitch, so I can’t really hang out with these people any more.

SO that is why I have to make new friends. I have realised that I am better than these people and I can have a great life without them. But sometimes I can’t find anything to do because I’m used to just being able to hang out with my group of friends, and it makes me feel like such a loser. It also makes me tempted to call them and see what they’re doing, but I don’t want to undo all this time that I’ve gone without contacting them.

Okay, that is my reason for wanting to make new friends. On the weekend I was on MSN to a guy that I dont know that well, asking him what he was upto. He said he was having a few people around for drinks and that I should come. I was a bit nervous, as all of my friends already had plans so it would mean going alone. Also, I had no drinks and no money to get any, even though I knew they would all be drinking. In the end I decided to just go for it, even though it meant hanging out with all these people who I don’t really know. Turned out to be heaps of fun. The guy found some cognac and gave me some, so I ended up getting a bit tipsy. But most importantly I reconnected with old friends and started to develop closer relationships with new people or people I’d only met once.

Also, I have been trying to keep in contact with the people from my tafe during the holidays, so that we can become better friends, and when we get back it won’t be awkward.

THAT WAS A LONG POST!

spent time with an old old friend today
it felt so good :)
not a new friend, but part of this goal for me is to reconnect with old friends, too.

i invited an accquantance (thats spelt wrong) to the royal show, which is like this fair thing. she said no because shes busy.. but she invited me to a party for her birthday :)
so hopefully that will be good!