Making friends during the quarantine.

Slowly life is beginning to return back to normal.
I was able to see some friends this weekend and even lucky enough to hike to a favorite spot of mine with one of my best friends.
It really put into perspective the importance of human contact.
Life isn’t meant to be lived over facetime.
Although we are lucky to be able to have such amazing technologies that allow us to stay connected real connection happens face to face.

I feel so lucky to still have the friends I made as young boy.
Most of us are still very close and call each other from time to time but when we’re back together no time seems to have passed.
For myself this happens when you find friends with similar interests.
As interests change so do most relationships.

Now living in NYC away from my high school friends and family.
I’ve had the challenge of making new friends.
Not to replace the old ones but to foster new relationships.
Not an easy task at all but I find it’s more of the fear of rejection that holds people back with this task.
We all think friends should come naturally and they should but it takes a little effort to put yourself out there. (Especially if you’re a freelancer.)
Not to mention we’re in the middle of a quarantine so how the fuck does one make friends in this time?

Technology.
There is still time to set up some group zoom calls or to have one on one zoom calls with people you want to know.
You can set up a cocktail hour with work colleagues, or even organize a group around your interests.
People will join if you put it out there and once this quarantine is done you can set up in person hang outs.

I think this is the genius part about using zoom calls or facetime during the quarantine, it allows you to plant the seed in someones mind you might not have been able to access before.

Wherever you can give people the time of day, you never know where they may be able to take you or where you can take them.