maintain great friendships

I just got back from a vacation with my friend of one year. It’s the first time I’ve ever been asked to travel with a real friend. Even though I think I could have been a better friend throughout the trip, we had an awesome time and only fought once, but managed to make-up.

I told myself I was going to make this trip about friendship, and I did alright. Why is it so hard to put yourself second and keep things in perspective when you’re on vacation? Somewhere in the back of my heart I know that friends are one of the most precious things in life, but i always let the little things that bother stress me out and cloud the picture.

well when your a bit socially anxious, maintaining great friendships can be hard. But I realized that my friends do really want my attention, even if I don’t always say what they want to hear. I noticed if I address thing they do that bother me, discretely and briefly, my friends have even thanked me. Its much better than avoiding people because they did something I didn’t like.

Been using facebook, way too much, I don’t like that everybody can see what I’m doing, but everybody loves when you notice their pics and what not. go facebook!

the older i get, the more i really crave for this.. but i’ve come to realize that this will only start to happen when you start having the best friendship with yourself: know yourself, value what you are, and know what it takes to be YOUR friend. then you will know who is worth doing the same thing for: those are the ones that will mutually maintain a great friendship with you.

It’s these kind of goals that are always harder to cross of one’s list… because they are on going.

Right now, this goal is being completed, my friends are wonderful! Let’s hope I never see this goal again, showing everything is swell in my relationships with friends.

...nothing could be better :)

Friends are so important to me… lots isn’t so, but having just a few really close friends means everything.

I’d say there are about three people in my life that I would actually call ‘true friends’ (for arguments sake I’ll call them Aaliyah, Grace and Troy) those that would be there for me when I need them, those that I can just be myself around and that bring out the best in me. Those that I enjoy being with.

Today I spent the afternoon with Aaliyah and Grace, as well as a few others I’d say were just ‘friends’.

And I’m already making good progress actually… Saturday I’m out with Troy, and next week I’m having two meal’s… one with Aaliyah and the other with Grace.

I’m thinking a lot about the autumn when I’ll be leaving for University. It’s these people that I know I’ll stay in touch with, which makes me slightly sad to be leaving my home town, but I know there will be plenty of time for traveling all over the country to see them!

friendships are more important than anything else in the world, cherish them.

I sent an email shortly before Xmas to my buddies from university and Saturday we ate dinner together! It was a lot of fun, especially that we all have little kids now and most of them were babysat that evening, so we could enjoy some grown up time!!

...to be treasured, always!

My girlfriend is interested in doing this and I know that I will love it too so in an effort to spend more time together – away from our kids – I think I’ll suggest that we take a beading class together.