The Blinkist Team
Find and Nurture Adult Friendships
When was the last time you had a really good, meaningful meet-up with a friend? It can be really tough once life gets in the way. Learn how to make and keep good friends as adults in this Guide with Blinkist team member, Caitlin Schiller.
Compared to all of your other responsibilities and relationships, friendship can seem a bit unnecessary. But feeling lonely isn’t just affecting your social life, it’s affecting your health.
Some friendships just feel right. Here, we'll learn about the science behind why we resonate with one another.
There are no set rules and expectations for friends. This means we are all free to decide what we are looking for in a friendship, and sometimes that’s not easy.
Friends are the people with whom we share the difficult things in life, from whom we seek out honest advice. And sometimes we have to come back from a falling out. The key to doing all of that successfully? Communication.
It isn't just about the one-on-one coffees and drinks you have with friends. It's also about bringing these separate relationships together. By connecting your relationships, you create a community.
Each of us have different expectations of our loving relationships that were likely developed in our formative years. A part of having a loving friendship is knowing what makes you and your friends feel loved.
There have been a lot of questions in this guide and hopefully they’ve sparked some ideas for you. Our team at Blinkist took some of these questions to the street to see what other people thought.
I hope by now you have a better understanding of the strategies you can use to find, grow and rekindle deep meaningful friendships. Also, since connecting with our friends is something we sometimes forget to do; I’ve got one more tool to help you make it a habit.
