things that really improved my life last year - by Ava

living fairly close (<20 minutes away) to friends I’ve known for many years and investing meaningful time into the friendship every week aggressively trying to convince everyone I love who does not currently live in the Bay Area to move back to the Bay Area, at the risk of being obnoxious the group chat having friends who literally live less than 10 minutes walking away from me and bumping into them at cafes, restaurants, park making more time to hang out with friends in groups instead of solely one-on-one, as is my wont taking 10 minutes a day to reply to text messages I’ve neglected so I’m only sort of living in a constant backlog finding a yoga studio I love and going there 2-3 times every week traveling occasionally but not so much that I keep disrupting the routines I’ve worked hard to develop having difficult conversations sooner instead of being avoidant and hoping that the problem will just disappear labeling one afternoon a week the “chore day” when I schedule appointments, do

living fairly close (<20 minutes away) to friends I’ve known for many years and investing meaningful time into the friendship every week aggressively trying to convince everyone I love who does not currently live in the Bay Area to move back to the Bay Area, at the risk of being obnoxious the group chat having friends who literally live less than 10 minutes walking away from me and bumping into them at cafes, restaurants, park making more time to hang out with friends in groups instead of solely one-on-one, as is my wont taking 10 minutes a day to reply to text messages I’ve neglected so I’m o