People, tend to have few or no real friends or meaningful connections, especially nowadays.
Isn’t it strange? We have incredibly powerful tools right at our fingertips that can connect us with almost anyone. So why is it that many of us still feel disconnected?
Maybe it’s because we don’t know how to use these tools effectively, perhaps we have hundreds of contacts but hesitate to reach out, worried we might bother them.
I really don’t understand why we don’t take full advantage of this opportunity.
For example, if you have 300 contacts and you message 50 of them every day, that means you’re actively maintaining relationships with 50 people in your wider social circle. So:
How do you keep up your interactions? Especially when it comes to friendships, how do you balance staying in touch without seeming intrusive? Do you send one message a week? One a day? What do you usually write? Invitations to events? Casual check-ins? Requests for help?
Do you dedicate some time every morning to catch up with your contacts? Do you ask about their plans for the day or invite them to join activities like a walk, pizza night, a barbecue, a card game, a hike, or a dog walk?