Pete Wright

And that I can't understand that context shift.

And she said, I am so grateful that she made me do this.

And now I want to do it with everybody.

Because that's the systems beat willpower.

Put your close friends on the calendar and you don't have to call them appointments.

Just call them reminders like text Tommy or call Megan or I mean, it's stupid and it sounds so clinical.

And I think I used to feel weird about it.

But you know what?

I schedule my dentist appointments, and I love my teeth.

Why wouldn't I schedule time to be with the people that I love in the same place?

Do I value my old friendships less than my teeth?

Not anymore.

I have the privilege of having podcasts with many of my closest friends.

I also have two different days a week.

I have lunch clutches with two of my oldest friends.

That's right.

And we meet every week, and we've been doing it since before the pandemic.

And we very rarely miss.

And it has become one of the most important things for these very long –

friendships that are decades decades old so uh also don't forget to let your friends know how you operate expectation management is huge and it is one of the most powerful things powerful friendship tools tell your friends i'm really bad at responding to texts oh if if i go silent for a