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Friendship in the age of loneliness: an optimist's guide to connection
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2021.
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English
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From the Book - First edition.
Preface: The power of friendship in a pandemic
Introduction: The revolutionary act of connection in the digital age
part 1. Be more playful: Make a friend map ; Trade screen time for friend time ; Question what it means to be a grown-up ; Try new things ; Twenty interesting questions more interesting than "What do you do?"
Become a sheriff of good times ; Find something that makes you feel whole ; Hug more, hug longer ; Get into your body ; Wherever you go, bring an offering ; Open your world
part 2. Be a better friend: Belong to yourself first ; Destigmatize mental health ; Lose the agenda ; Come as you are ; Do an emotional bandwidth check ; Be a hype person ; Have a closet of trust at work ; Start saying no ; Be less flaky
part 3. Invest in friendship: Start slow ; Always go on a second date ; Go deep rather than wide ; Honor the one-on-one ; Know who's in your circle ; Have fewer Facebook friends ; Treat your friends ; Don't ask, just help ; Exchange your talents ; Get somebody else a gig ; Repair what's broken ; Live in death's face
part 4. Stay in touch: Become a correspondence queen ; Send a video love letter ; Put friendship on the calendar ; Bring good habits home ; Keep a friend treasure box ; Pick up the phone and call ; Listen to a full album ; Keep friendship in your family manifesto ; Build a healthier relationship with social media ; Make virtual connection a reality ; A few apps that help you connect with friends ; Use technology to heal
part 5. Embrace ritual: Replace scrolling with gratitude ; Create a unique routine ; Swim in a creative container ; Host a friends' showcase ; Don't go our for drinks ; Hold space for your friends ; Have tea with strangers (and have tea alone) ; Practice Shabbat ; Be vulnerable around other men ; Uplift other women ; Start a Monday night activity club ; Make an all my friends playlist ; Have an intentional bachelor (or bachelorette) party ; Think like a chief experience officer ; Forty fun rituals to practice with your friends
part 6. Be a minister for loneliness in your community: Be an agent of human connection ; Spend more time with people who are older (and wiser) than you ; Foster intergenerational friendships ; Create a support system for new parents ; Create safe and supportive spaces ; Bridge the divide ; Build an exponential community ; Live in community ; Remember to let the light in
Afterword: You have to decide what kind of friend you want to be.
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9780762472277
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