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I understand your feelings deeply. As a leader, I've also faced challenges in maintaining a social life, but what's helped me is setting clear boundaries with social media and prioritizing real-life connections. I attribute my relatively healthy social life to intentional networking—attending events, joining clubs or groups aligned with my interests, and making time for meaningful relationships outside of work.
Hi! 34 here and work in social. I have a strong social circle - partially because I’m single so I need those connections but also just because friendship is important to me so I’ve always cultivated it. I moved to a new city at 32 and started over with making friends. Ways I made friends were in art classes, through church groups, volunteering, through my hobbies, and just striking up conversations at coffee shops, book clubs, etc. the best option is where you’ll have repeated regular interactions which is why an art class is great! I’ve priorized people that live within close proximity to me (15 mins) and who are also single or don’t have kids and therefore whose schedules align with mine. I have a lot of friends who are married and with kids but I see them infrequently for obvious reasons so it was important I add in friends to fill the gaps that have availability to hang out often with me.
As a side note - I have fake accounts that I use to manage my work socials and Instagram is the only account I use personally but thinking about getting off of it totally for personal use.
I am happy with my social circle! I attribute it to having some college friends who I stayed close with, some new friends who I have made while doing hobbies like tennis and painting classes. And others who I briefly knew in college and reconnected with via social media because I realized they moved back to town and I wanted to have more friends. I also spend a lot of Tien with my fiancé’s family and consider his siblings and their partners my friends as well. This has taken years in the making and being very intentional about reaching out to people and scheduling time together.!
Honestly, I just thought about it the other day while heading to ER. Had to drop off my toddler at my mom's. Husband and I went to check on my fever.
Having my mom and my older sister living under 10 minutes from me has really made me depend on them a lot. I just drop my 3 year old at my sister's if there is an emergency or my mom's. I never thought of my friends as an option.
While waiting to be seen we thought about friends we would call for help if my family wasn't around. I came up with 2. I have really neglected everyone after I got married and even more when my son was born.
Idk at what point we will have more time to have a social life. When my newborn starts school? When they are teens? I am not sure. Right now I have no time to hang out with anyone.