Hey, it's Ella.
Hey on this holiday Monday We've got a rerun of a great episode for you and it comes with an idea for the start of the year making a new friend I Know that for a lot of us myself included maintaining friendships as an adult can be hard We don't always prioritize it And where do you even find new friends?
Where do you go?
What do you do?
What do you talk to them about?
How do you make the time?
Wouldn't it be easier to just stay home?
Well, it turns out that friendships are incredibly important for our health and happiness.
So today, I'm going to turn things over to Maggie Penman.
She's a reporter for The Optimist, and she has some advice on how to make and keep friends.
Here's the show.
Okay,
I am walking up to this event for real roots To meet a group of women who are looking to make friends and I'm feeling a little nervous on a recent Thursday night in downtown Washington,
DC.
I went to a bar to make new friends.
I Haven't been on a first date in like 10 years,
but I kind of have that like about to go on a first date feeling.
I actually don't think 10 years is even really long enough
because I don't think I've tried to show up at a new place just to make friends,
probably since the beginning of college.