YOGYAKARTA The school period may be the ideal time to make friends naturally because you spend a lot of time together, both at school and in the same hobby. But as an adult, building quality friendship feels quite challenging.
Apart from spending a lot of time completing tasks, such as work, for family, and careers, life transitions need to be addressed maturely in the context of building friendship. If you want to make new friends, consider the following strategy.
It's very difficult to find what you're looking for if you don't know what you're looking for. If you're looking for quality friendship, try what quality you're looking for. For example, a group of friends who are solid and can meet consistently. Or friends who have the same activity and can be invited to share knowledge about hobbies.
If you already have some circle of friendship, consider which one you can enjoy the most. What properties make you interpret friendship. What behavior you think means to your friendship. Also check how you place yourself with them.
Many classes, seminars, or workshops with certain topics. You can follow according to your interests. In particular, follow classes consistently for several times a week or month, including cooking classes, sports, or club hiking, opening up opportunities for you to meet friends in mind. Launching Psychology Today, this is a psychological phenomenon that shows that you are increasingly meeting or gathering with groups of people, the more likely you are to have a positive feeling towards it.
Building quality friendship is the same as dating. There is a possibility of being disappointed or reluctant to be yourself. But don't give up if you haven't found a suitable friend. Stay open to various possibilities when you try to find a new friend.
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Friendship relationships such as dating, there are chemistry, explained clinical psychologist Roxy Zarrabi, Psy.D. That means some cannot be forced for certain purposes, thus forcing relationships. Zarrabi's message, prioritize quality over quantity when you are looking for new friends. If you don't match a certain group, look for other spaces that are in line with your values.
Building friendships is not like window shopping. Looking, if you want to bring it home or buy it. Research shows it takes more than 200 hours to spend time together to develop a close friendship. Then, do you have that much time with your friends? So it is important to evaluate the capacity and space you have to build new friendships.
That's a strategy that can be practiced in building quality friendships. On the one hand, opening the opportunity to make friends is easy for some people. But for other people, the process of making friends requires extra efforts, especially regarding how to communicate and read the situation.
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