{"id":7627,"date":"2024-06-11T22:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T22:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=7627"},"modified":"2024-06-11T22:27:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T22:27:50","slug":"the-friendship-challenge-how-to-make-time-for-your-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=7627","title":{"rendered":"The Friendship Challenge: How to Make Time for Your Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is Day 3 of the 5-Day Friendship Challenge. To start at the beginning, <\/em>click here<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite running middle-aged jokes on TikTok and Instagram involves two busy parent friends trying to make plans.<\/p>\n

You know the script: \u201cAre you free next week?\u201d one mom shouts into her earbuds while driving car pool.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I have four dance recitals, two block parties and 67 soccer games to attend,\u201d the other mom answers, stirring a pot of chili while answering a work email.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext month?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, we\u2019re finally taking that vacation we\u2019ve put off for 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

And on it goes, until they finally settle on a date in late 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Making plans to socialize with friends can be challenging, no matter what stage of life you are in, said Kasley Killam, a social scientist and the author of the forthcoming book \u201cThe Art and Science of Connection.\u201d That is why she believes that one of the best things you can do to prioritize your social health is put your friendships on autopilot by scheduling regular opportunities for connection.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about automating the logistical sides of our friendships so that we can just be present,\u201d she said. \u201cIt ties into the fact that friendships \u2014 and all of our relationships \u2014 blossom the most when there are consistent touch points.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This is Day 3 of the 5-Day Friendship Challenge. To start at the beginning, click here.One of my favorite running middle-aged jokes on TikTok and Instagram involves two busy parent friends trying to make plans.You know the script: \u201cAre you free next week?\u201d one mom shouts into her earbuds while driving car pool.\u201cNo, I have four dance recitals, two block parties and 67 soccer games to attend,\u201d the other mom answers, stirring a pot of chili while answering a work email.\u201cNext month?\u201d\u201cNo, we\u2019re finally taking that vacation we\u2019ve put off for 10 years.\u201dAnd on it goes, until they finally settle on a date in late 2026.Making plans to socialize with friends can be challenging, no matter what stage of life you are in, said Kasley Killam, a social scientist and the author of the forthcoming book \u201cThe Art and Science of Connection.\u201d That is why she believes that one of the best things you can do to prioritize your social health is put your friendships on autopilot by scheduling regular opportunities for connection.\u201cIt\u2019s about automating the logistical sides of our friendships so that we can just be present,\u201d she said. \u201cIt ties into the fact that friendships \u2014 and all of our relationships \u2014 blossom the most when there are consistent touch points.\u201dWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7629,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7630,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7627\/revisions\/7630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}