Contemporary Retirement

Retirement is changing. The type of retirement that their parents enjoyed is no longer enough for the baby boomer generation. Today’s retirees are younger, richer, fitter, healthier and better educated than previous generations of retirees. They also have much higher expectations. The aim of this blog is to help you get the vital, healthy, prosperous, productive and fulfilling retirement that you really want (and deserve).

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

 

How to make more friends

We all need all the friends we can get - especially when we are getting older. The more friends we have, the better we tend to feel about ourselves (and the less likely we will be to die and lie there for weeks before anyone finds us - morbid, I know, but I bet it's nothing you haven't thought about before, is it?). However, the simple truth is that you won't make new friends unless you put some effort into it. You know what I'm going to say don't you? That's right - join a club, take a course, attend social activities in your neighbourhood or at your local church or volunteer for a good cause. (I know you've been hearing this all your life, but that's because it's true, and you WILL meet new friends if you do any (or all) of the above and you make an effort to be an interesting (and interested) person. This is what Ernie J Zelinski has to say on the subject of making friends:

'Unfortunately, with the loss of a job, some people also lose what they feel is their best opportunity to make new friends. If you have recently been retired or laid off and you want to meet new friends, you can't wait at home to be discovered. Nor are you going to meet new friends if you pursue your interests alone. If you watch TV or work on a solitary hobby all day long, you can rest assured that no new friends will come your way. Making new friends requires that you place yourself in communal and social situations where you can share yourself with others.'

If you struggle because you never know what to say when introducing yourself to people you would like to get to know better, get some tips from the following article by relationship coach, Michael Myerscough. The information contained in the article will be applicable whether you want to get to know someone romantically or just as a friend: http://www.therelationshipgym.com/newsletters/post/20.


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