Happy 2022! Looking back on the past couple of years that have been so isolating got me to thinking about friendships. They’re so important and I think that we sometimes forget that they need tending to. We all make our traditional “resolutions” about adapting a healthier lifestyle or setting work goals, but there is more out there that needs maintaining and cultivating. Your friends, new and old. I try to get together with my friends from elementary-middle-high school. Relationships that have spanned decades. However, we don’t see each other nearly enough. When we do, it’s fantastic, and we are right to where we left off immediately. It amazes me all the little things we know about each other because we’ve been through so many phases of life together, even though we don’t see one another often.

So my advice to you today is call that one friend or send a group text. Make plans. Mark that calendar and get together. Even if it is over Zoom. Make time to check in with one another.