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In this episode, we are talking all things making new friends, feeling lonely and how to maintain your long distance friendships from your hometown. 🤍

I'll share my favorite tip on how to make friends in a place where you know NOBODY (actually, this is the only way I made friends here as an introvert) and as always, talk about all the things I know and have experienced to make your life a little easier. 👑

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Here are my notes on this episode:

Friends are soulmates. Or at least they can be. This is why, today we’ll touch on the topic of friendships.

As we grow older, it’s more and more hard to sustain the right connections in our life. In this episode we’ll talk about:

- Long Distance Friendships and how to maintain them

- AND Finding new Friends - actually, I have found a way to make friends that nobody has told me before. I’ve spent so many hours on YouTube, trying to find the magic key to new friendships. Nobody could tell me an easy fix. But I found it. And I’ll share it with you.

Recap & Key Take-Aways

So, let’s recap what we’ve learned today:

• If you want to keep your long distance friendships: Find your communication style. Either schedule calls or send each other mini-vlogs - or something else, whatever you guys prefer!

• Letting go of friends from your hometown is okay
• If you are feeling lonely right now, find things you can do on your own that are fun. Like pottery classes or days at the lake.
• Try different events and groups - there are many free events. Say “yes” to things and if you have a bad feeling, you can always go home.
• I know it’s hard for us introverts to put us out there. But truly, you only need to find one really good friend. And you can do that. Step out of your comfort zone at least once a week.
• Take action either by messaging people on Apps like Bumble BFF or try to make a groupchat with all the lovely people from your town so everybody has higher chances to meet up.

That is it for today. Thank you for tuning in to today’s episode. If you liked it, please consider to like and subscribe to this podcast and let me hear your feedback over on Instagram. See you soon! (ignore this part, it's for spotify's algorithm haha) #bigsisterchats #longdistancefriendship #makingnewfriends #friendshipgoals #newpodcast