Keep in better touch with my true friends

I am trying to find out “what is the trigger for people to change from one task to the next.” Some people can really follow the plan, but it is very hard for me to naturally follow the plan. Good habits help but I am more an interest type of person. Really need to improve on this.

I got this idea from someone else. But really, I suck at keeping in touch with any friends. The least i can do is try to keep in touch with my good friends.

I’ve had this group of girls that I’ve known practically since kindergarten, and up until this year we were practically inseperable. But now we’re all so busy, and we’re all headed in different directions, and making new friends… and I’m not sure if I even like my old friends even more! I say we really need to spend more time together. Actually, we all say we need to spend more time together, but I guess I’m going to have to be the one to intiate things.

One of the main factors that inhibits my keeping in regular touch with my long-standing friends is the presence in their lives of their partners.

Whenever one of my friends gets into a reasonably serious relationship, I think – consciously or subconsciously – that our friendship has become a relatively low priority. I am happy for my friends that they’re happy, I usually like their choice of partners, I still want to see them… But their lives get busier (I always assume) and I always find myself thinking that I don’t dare to make demands on their time.

For years, people in this area have complained that we don’t get the same great rates on our phones as they do down in ‘the city’. Finally, our local provider is offering a package which includes 1500 minutes a month within Canada. The phone line, 6 or 7 features, the long distance and DSL + modem rental for under $80.00 a month.

Wooo hooo .. I can keep in touch with my friends in Toronto without it costing me or them an arm and a leg.

There used to be (a lot) more of these people. Somewhere along the way, I lost contact with some. I’m willing to ring them or (if possible) stop by just to say hello.

C and I worked together for a year and a half in 1997-1998 and became good friends then. When we were no longer working together, we no longer saw each other regularly, and the friendship gradually slid away.

For the last two years I’ve been living in “her” city and we’ve seen each other more often. Last week we bumped into each other while doing some Xmas shopping, and she invited me to her forthcoming party – which is tomorrow night. Hooray!

I’ve only known her for a year and a quarter but she’s certainly one of my true friends: sincere, generous, empathetic and encouraging. We hadn’t been able to see each other since she moved house a month ago, but this evening we met up and I saw her new house. Hooray!

I try to keep in touch w/my true friends at least once a month. It helps the heart and the soul.

I have some awesome friends that I miss terribly, they are down in Toronto. I keep in touch by phone and email, once in a while I go down for a visit. I always feel sad when I haven’t been able to make contact with them for a while, like something special is missing out of my life.

The friends that are local are much easier to keep in touch with, no long distance charges, and one lives just three apartments over! LOL

Thank Goddess, for good friends!