My Step-by-Step Guide👯‍♀️

There’s so many great things that go into making a friendship both in the short term, and making friendships that will last. I’m really big on having friends for life, not just a season, so something that was really important for me was learning how to lowerrrr my expectations😂 I was always hoping my future new bestie was around the corner and tended to get my hopes up when a friendship wasn’t ✨perfect✨ It’s been many years since I’ve had that mindset, part of my mindset shift was that I literally gave up on trying to make besties and just gave up my expectations of having a friend group and close friends. I became my own bestie🤜🤛

Once my expectations were lowered, I had so much more fun with new friends, let myself relate to people that were super different than me, got out of my comfort zone with new hobbies and activities, and opened up to meeting a variety of different friends! Still to this day my friendships ebb and flow, because people get busy, get married, change, and grow! Also once my expectations got lowered, I had more confidence to ask people to hang out because I didn’t really care if it didn’t end up happening. I still have values & expectations for how I want to be treated as a friend, which is important for everyone to develop. I also have talked about this in previous posts, but becoming my own best friend was one of the things that helped me care less about making friends, because I knew I always had myself, and that she’s awesome:)

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