I had a great start of the day. As part of my job hunting process, I had to appoint 12 people from work to provide feedback from my last 3 positions. I don’t get to see them obviously. One of them texted me in the morning saying that she got the feedback request email, and this emoji. It made me smile the whole day.
The fact that we move around every few years, it is very hard to keep up with life friends. Except for few friends that I met in school, most of my friends are from work. I used to think work friends are not life friends, that after I leave the country, or if we no longer work together, the friendship dies quickly. Not true. As I was choosing those 12 people, I was very grateful to have to pick as there are more people that I trust for this kind of feedback than I expected. I feel rich, if you know what I mean. Some of them asked me if there’s anything specific that I want them to highlight or say, I just responded (while smiling): I fully trust you, so write whatever you feel like. This is a truly a great feeling.
Another highlight of my day was to attend school PE show. Lizzy and her best friend (who happens to be the daughter of my office friend) are a team, and they are so cute holding hands while walking. This melts my heart.
Workout: 7.7 miles easy run. no stomach pain.
Listen: 10 prompts to finish the year strong
Read: meditation for mortals. I like it!
Who are your best friends? from school? from childhood? from work?
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That’s so nice that you could nominate 12 people from your past that you could trust!
I don’t think I could nominate that many – I held my two jobs for many years and I was always around the same circle of people during that time.
That said, three of my best friends today are my former team heads from 10 and 20 years ago, so there’s that. 😃
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It’s so interesting – people come in and out of our lives, and you never know who’s going to “stick.” I have some friends from work, from childhood, from school, from the kids’ school…and just some random meets! I always love thinking about “people come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.”
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Like Nicole, mine vary. I have people from HS that I still keep in touch with and see during the holidays, people from my college jobs, people I met through running or traveling, etc. I like that, as this way sometimes I can shoot them a text and say hey I am going to be in your random town, and we meet up and it is like no time has passed!
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I would not find 12 people to that for me. My friendship circle is very smile… read one or two maybe three friends.
I met my best friend 20years ago at work. I have childhood friend but we have lived very different lifestyle the last years and have disconnected a bit.
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That is great that you could easily identify 12 people from work that you trust to provide great feedback about you! And I am glad you can foster those relationships, even after moving far away.
Some of my closest friends are actually women I have met through blogging. My best friend no longer blogs but we keep up over WhatsApp and have a goal to see each other every other year. She lives in BC, Canada and we both have similar aged kids so we don’t message as much as we used to but I still think of her as my bestie. I would also consider my retired colleague one of my best friends. Him and his wife are the guardians of our children should anything happen to us. Beyond that, I have good friends from college but it is hard to get together with them. Their kids are much older and so busy with activities and I travel so much so I don’t feel like I can take more time away from my kids. And then I have my book club friends, most are women I met through my husband. Thinking about this was helpful. I do have a lot of friends. Sometimes I can feel a bit lonely because I don’t see friends as much as I used to but when we do see each other it’s like no time has passed.
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So true, when we pause and think about it, we actually have more friends than we realize. But I understand the feeling of loneliness because we don’t have friends to share daily life as we would like to.
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Interesting question, Coco, regarding where in life we have made our closest friends. Mine are from every phase — most are from middle school and from the place I worked for many years. Some people were friends for a phase of life and we have since drifted apart, and that is OK.
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So wonderful you have a network of work colleagues/friends to draw from!
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