Friendships shouldn’t be left to the corners of our lives or the gaps in our calendars. We suggest: Prioritizing your friendships the way you do your romantic partners. What it looks like: Buying a house with a friend, adopting a pet together and sharing custody, being a friend’s primary caregiver in illness. What it is: Recognizing that the possibilities and potential within your friendships are endless, limited only by what you can imagine. What kind of fun or connection do you wish you had in your life? Dinner parties? Yearly friend vacations? Ritualize them with a friend, and double your joy. We suggest: Making rituals with new and old friends alike. The key is your joint commitment to them. What it looks like: A monthly book club, Sunday coffee dates, phone catch ups scheduled on your calendar, even an ongoing text chain. This is a marriage of accumulation and intention - the glue that keeps you committed to your friends through the chaos of your individual lives. What it is: The most straightforward force - a specific activity you do together on a consistent basis. Not every friend date will lead to a friend, but not asking at all is self rejection. Simply put, too few of us are willing to be vulnerable and awkward. We suggest: Taking a deep breath and lean into the fear. What it looks like: Being brave enough to ask the coworker you vibe with if they want to go see the band you both love together. It takes vulnerability to work through the adult awkwardness of making a new friend, but no relationship is built without that intention. When you sense a spark, intention is about following through with it. Say hello with a smile and eye contact to more people than not. You’ll notice more and be more approachable. We suggest: Taking out your headphones and putting your phone away. What it looks like: Being open to friendship where you may not expect it - from your hairdresser, to your ex’s mom, to someone in the comments section of your favorite blog. “It’s never too late to meet someone who will be important to you for the rest of your life,” writes Beck. What it is: Paying attention and being open to a new friendship, not letting a spark between you and a potential friend go unnoticed. Metaphorically stacking up the hours, especially at the beginning of a friendship, goes a long way towards building your relationship. Volunteer for an event together, meet for a walk twice a week instead of twice a month. We suggest: Spend quality time with a new friend. What it looks like: Becoming friends with the people on the same floor of your dorm, co-workers who spend 40+ a week together becoming friends outside of work. The more time you spend with a person, particularly at the start of your relationship, the more likely it becomes a thriving friendship. What it is: This is the time you spend together. Here’s our quick summary and suggestions on how you can use these six forces to nourish the friendships in your own life.
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We love friendships here at A Sweat Life and highly recommend Beck’s article and series in its entirety.
Over the course of 100 interviews, Beck wrote The Friendship Files - a series dedicated to exploring and celebrating friendships.Īs the series closes, The Six Forces that Fuel Friendship highlights the qualities Beck believes grow friendships. Julie Beck, editor and writer at The Atlantic, has made a career of marveling at friendships. You meet someone who (unlike family or colleagues) you’re not beholden to and you choose to share your life with them. This is your chance to break free, to discover what it is that you truly want for your romantic relationship, and then take the initiative to finally create it.Friendship is one of the most generous gifts of life. Uranus is the rebel of the zodiac which means that you may have been following the rules or conditions of others even if you don’t believe in or want them. Uranus turns retrograde in Taurus today which helps you see what you have previously been unable to. RELATED: Each Zodiac Sign's Weekly Horoscope For August 22 – 28, 2022 Planning and dreaming together is a love language unto itself and during Virgo Season it is often the best way to express your feelings. Take this energy into your relationship to allow any recent challenges to be brought to a place of closure and to embrace the joy and intimacy that comes from making plans with your lover. Virgo is the feminine goddess that rules healing and the ability to plan a life that you love. The Sun shifts into the zodiac sign of Virgo today beginning this zodiac season.
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