Gemma Mullins

And this is something that I had to improve on because say if I'm studying or if I'm like doing something, I will go in a hole and I will just be locked in and I don't do much other than that.

Like that's just the mode that I go into.

And I've gone into that mode multiple times in my life.

But when I do that, the thing that gets neglected is

is my friendships.

And you have to kind of identify, well, that's not really fair on my friends.

Like, yes, there's going to be seasons where you can give and take less, but to text someone and say, how are you?

Like, you're never going to be too busy for that.

So sometimes I think we need to realise that

We're all busy.

There's always little things that you can do to make people feel heard, connected with.

And that's the kind of thing that actually makes you a better friend.

Yeah, and on that note as well... Is what I'm trying to say.

Yeah, you nailed it.

On that note as well, what's important to one person might not be that important to others, but if it's important to them, it's important to you as a good friend.

Absolutely.

I think I went around in a circle, but my point that I thought of straight away was we're in the...

The social norm is people have kids, people buy houses, people get married.

They're like your three big milestones, right?

And the reality is not everyone wants that.