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Take Time to Nurture Your Relationships

Find time for your friends

by Jamee Tenzer, ACC | 687 views | 1 comment | Rate this now!

Here are some quick tips for making friends:

1.) Contact old friends. Who was your best friend in college? Renew the friendship by email and then plan a time to see each other.

2.) Ask someone to lunch or take a walk. Maybe there is a mom at school or a co-worker whom you think is great or interesting? Start a friendship with someone new.

3.) If you are married or have a family, find other couples to socialize with. Ask them to dinner or invite their family over for a BBQ with your family.

4.) Cultivate some kind of a group that meets regularly. Figure out an activity like walking, seeing movies or meeting for a meal and invite some people that you think would get along or have something in common. Make it a weekly or monthly event.

It will take time. Is it worth finding the time to do it now, for a benefit down the road? It was for me. Maybe it will be for you, too.

About the Author

Jamee Tenzer is an ICF Certified Coach - www.lifeworks4ucoaching.com - with a specialty in coaching busy, professional women who are raising children. She works with women to create balance, ease and humor within the realities of schedules, logistics and â��to-doâ�� lists.

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This is one area of my life which has gotten shortchanged since I became a mom. Thanks for the reminder -- it is so important.

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 19th May 2008