stay in touch

facebook is a godsend and a curse for staying in touch with people.
sooo easy to find people and even easier to slack off.
i remember when i was in college and would take trips to visit friends to catch up. now i just check their FB profile to see what they are up to, and how many kids they have. it does not seem to simplify things as much as i would like, but i have certainly been able to check in with more people that i ever imagined

... so I have “caught up” with some people from WAY BACK.

Hung out with an old friend in Vegas … and, quite frankly, after meeting his wife, I’m practically giddy to have re-kindled this friendship. We have so much in common.

There are other friends I have reached out to that I find we’ve drifted apart a little bit but it’s still good catching up.

And there are others, still that while much distance may seperate us – we stay in touch so frequently that it feels like they’re right here.

Yup, keep your good friends close is definitely a smart move.

My life has become so busy I barely have time to answer work emails much less personal ones. And I believe you have longer and longer amounts of time between responses and eventually you just stop responding. Stop calling. Stop making a point to stay in touch with people. That’s not cool.

Thought I’d send an email to a few friends from “back in the day” and see what’s up. Let’s see what happens.

When you spend all day at work chasing down staff, hearing sad stories, sick calls, etc the last thing I want to touch when I get home is my PHONE and sometimes computer. I have FB but I need to stop forwarding/reading funny wall videos and more time communicating with those I care about – truly care about – not someone who was part of a school activity for 2 days 25 years ago.

There are only a few people that I want to stay in touch with…I moved from New York to South Carolina, and all of my family lives up north. SOOo staying in touch is a goal of mine because I don’t find the time to write or call.
I’ve been email grandma probably 2 -3 times weekly now, so this is improving.
I need to talk to S. and K. a lot more, though.

I must speak to at least one family member every other day. This is just the only way to prevent myself from trying once again to live with no sense of personal history, sabotaging myself from within.

1. Check email at least 5 times per week.
2. Phone, email, or write family & friends at least once-a-week.
3. Talk to neighbors at least once-a-week.
4. Make an online friend or join online community chat.

Talked to dad today, for the first time in about 3 months. He is just one person of a long list of people I wish I talked to more often.

I’ll pick it up later. My focus is on myself and my family.

I plan to touch base again with one of my good friends that I haven’t seen in a while.