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Make New Friends Even During the Lockdown
You can make friends even while we’re all self-isolating.
Feeling lonely and isolated? Who isn’t! It’s easy to feel all alone these days, especially those of us who live alone. Maybe you wish you could make some new friends, but have no idea how to do that when we’re all isolating. Well, here are some ideas and you can adjust these for making friends even when we’re past the coronavirus shutdown.
Facebook and Twitter?
NO. I’m talking about real life friends you have live conversations with and eventually meet face-to-face. Forget Facebook, Twitter and all the rest of it.
Start with your neighbors
The moment to knock on doors and introduce yourself is past, so create a note you’ll duplicate and tape to doors or mailboxes. For example, if you’re in an apartment, it might say: Hi. I live in apartment 3N and I’m reaching out to everyone in the building. Since we’re all shut in these days, I thought I’d see if we can make connections and help each other out. I figure some of us have cars and some don’t, some of us go out to a job regularly, others stay in. I’d like to build a contact info list for us. We can check in on each other, offer to get things from the store, etc. If you’d like to participate, please email me at XXXX or text me at…
