Maintaining healthy, fulfilling relationships is its own kind of fitness and, like physical fitness, it takes work to maintain, writes accidental introvert LucyPasha
. The world’s largest loneliness study found that 16- to 24-year-olds were the loneliest group, with 40 per cent reporting feeling lonely “often or very often.”
After one redundancy, a pandemic pregnancy and two years of motherhood, my own “social fitness” could do with a workout.during lockdown and experiencing my first pregnancy behind closed doors in the shadow of Covid definitely made me more insular. Maternity leave and spending my days speaking baby talk was the nail in the coffin.And I know I’m not alone. Researchers in Australia found Covid-19 accelerated late modern physical disconnection, isolation and loneliness.
“If you’re the scheduling type, you could make it a regular thing; perhaps every year on New Year’s Day or the morning of your birthday, take a few moments to draw up your current social universe, and consider what you’re receiving, what you’re giving, and where you would like to be in another year.”
“It’s actually not dissimilar to the kind of work you have to put into building really good nutritional habits for your health, or building really good exercise habits,” he told The Atlantic’s. “It’s rewarding. It’s extremely good for your life satisfaction, your wellbeing, and your health in the long run. But it’s still work.”
“We’re all busy, but if we put in that effort and quality time, we can truly make some amazing friends. If I have a small fleeting connection with someone in my local café or park, I will make a point to try to stay in touch or say hello next time I see them.”, an Atlantic journalist who spent three years documenting hundreds of stories of friendship, believes there are six forces that help friendships flourish and thrive.
Pan is aware of the importance of this. “I try to schedule phone calls – I call my oldest best friend at least once a week when I’m walking home from work,” she says.
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