contact at least one friend each week

I was going to attempt to do this everyday, then realized that might be too much to start with but every week, yeah…I think this can work.

I will include telephoning, postcards, letters and emails and not necessarily plan to meet them (most of them live abroad anyway) but just to share my life with them.

That is the root of it – I am working on the need to share my life and transform views that prevent this.

I had dinner with Kathleen last night at SalaThai (YUM!) and I am meeting Michelle tomorrow night for dinner.

I’ve also reconnected with my (ex)stepsister who was a great friend for a long time, and I’ve missed dearly. We are going out to see her (a 6 hour drive) for the long weekend! I’m excited to meet her boyfriend and their son! :)

I’ve also been talking to Brian and Chris and trying to arrange something with them… but it’s hard!

And I’m taking my cousin to the fair on Tuesday, and she’s so much fun I’ll call her a friend too. :)

• I spoke to Kathleen, and arranged to go for dinner next week
• I emailed Michelle and I’ll meet up with her on Monday
• I left a phone message for my stepsister (she was out)

So I’m even exceeding my goals! Hurray!

I met a bunch of really awesome girls while in Quebec this summer and today (a week after I left) I emailed each one of them!

I think part of my problem is I let really great people just slip away. I want to be sure to be following this goal and hang on to those friends I don’t want to lose!

Phoned up one of my good friends on a whim the other night, and he invited me to a party. There were TONS of my friends there that I haven’t seen in a long time, and I had a chance to reconnect with everyone.

It was a great evening and really pepped me up!

My life used to revolve around my friends! I spent more time with them than I did at home (and that includes sleeping!). Now I can feel my circle of friends disintegrating, and it’s really sad. It’s probably the saddest part about growing up…

I’ve made an effort in the past week to reconnect with a really good friend of mine. It seems to have worked! We’ve spent one evening together and spoke on the phone 3 times this week. I’m going to keep making an effort with him in the hopes that it will encourage me to branch out to some of my more distant friends.

These are people that I don’t want to disappear from my life!