Feel the work and aspiration to grow has caused me to lose some friends, what are your suggestions on not losing such friends?

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OP shedding old friends and making new ones is a part of life as interests and life goals change. The person you were in high school is not necessarily the person you are today. So some adjustments to friend circles is expected, birds of a feather at play. But if you find you are losing all your friends then either all these were shallow friendships or you have fundamentally changed as the person they initially knew. I have best friends from middle school onwards and we have different aspirations but find different things that keep the friendship going and us hanging out with one another.

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Refrain from hard-selling them at the Christmas party, their wedding, their Mom’s funeral, etc., lol.

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Try to keep in touch with them frequently (Whatsapp/Telegram groups are amazing for this). I have at least 1 group for university friends, 1 for hometown friends and 1 for work colleagues.

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Adios. You don’t need that kind of negativity in your life. You’ll make new friends that will help pull you up instead of dragging you down.

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Wish I knew. I'm lucky if I have two friends left by now

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