For a long time, my social interactions were at a minimum. I was too busy and mentally cluttered to handle social events or simply meet my friends.
But since I have more time, and I have detoxed myself from social media, I’ve been meeting more friends and hanging out with them. And you know what? As anyone would expect, it feels great.
So how come a 29-year-old guy, with good social skills and a combination of ease and luck meeting people and making friends, realizes now how great it feels having great people around me?
As most of the time in my life: clutter.
We live a very high pace lifestyle, with a lot of distractions and “multitasking“, and very few moments to even feel bored or just, you know, get your thoughts together.
And that was my life for a long time. And don’t take me wrong. I still have those days, but they seem more under control now. And when you slow down a bit and focus, you see things from a better perspective.
And that’s what has changed in the last past few weeks.
Gathering all together, and not only seeing each other once in a while in the gym or in the bouldering place, feels great. Mainly because, I wanted to meet them more often, but I never took that step of inviting them.
How mistaken I was. Turns out, people are willing to hang out with you, and be your friends. It’s just that, sometimes, you just have to ask.
Now I regularly meet my friends, and I even host a few board game evenings at my place with my Dutch friends. And I have to say, it has been one of the best ideas I had so far.
And ask is all I did.
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