Making Time for Friends When You’re Exhausted
The group chat lights up with another dinner invitation. Your phone buzzes, and that familiar heaviness settles in your chest….
The group chat lights up with another dinner invitation. Your phone buzzes, and that familiar heaviness settles in your chest….
A colleague once asked me how many friends I actually needed. She’d noticed that while our extroverted team members seemed…
You know that moment when the invitation lands in your inbox? “Group dinner Friday night, 8 people, loud restaurant, open-ended…
When I first stepped into my role as CEO of a mid-sized advertising agency, I assumed my job was to…
Here’s a confession that still makes me uncomfortable: I spent years believing I was a bad friend because I couldn’t…
The text arrived at 11 PM on a Tuesday: “Hey, we haven’t talked in forever. Everything okay?” I stared at…
Introvert Friendship Standards: Why Quality Actually Beats Quantity I was exhausted. Sitting in my apartment on a Friday night after…
Authentic friendship as an introvert doesn’t require maintaining dozens of connections, attending every social gathering, or forcing yourself into extroverted…