The Best Thing I’ve Done for My Social Life Is to Schedule Regular Catch-Up Sessions With Friends
Four reasons why you should schedule regular catch-up sessions for your social life
I was once good friends with an incredibly intelligent and ambitious individual from my high school. We’re not friends anymore, a mistake I regret, but before we lost touch, my friend had a fantastic idea I have since incorporated into my life. My friend said we should schedule it into our calendars. Every month, on a specific date, and a time that worked for both of us as we were in different time zones (for example, a weekday evening time), we set up a recurring meeting to call each other and catch up.
Every month, we would call each other and catch up on all the things that happened in our lives in the past month. If either of us were busy, we could cancel or reschedule. If we had nothing to talk about, we kept the call short.
This was before all the COVID lockdowns, mind you. It’s interesting now that this strategy works whether you are always home or if you just want to keep in touch with friends, whether locally or globally.
Since knowing about the power of scheduling catch-up sessions, I have been using this to catch up with my friends to great effect. Here is…
