We Stopped Asking
The neighborly decline, and the rule about asking for help that I had backwards my whole life
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Friendship doesn’t happen by accident anymore.
Articles from Connection Playbook, Chris Carey’s newsletter on building and keeping real friendships as an adult.
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He Could Have Brought Anyone
What a Minneapolis band reminded me about paying attention to your friends
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Where Did All the Dance Clubs Go?
And what we lost when they disappeared.
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It was never about catching fish
Fishing has never been my thing, and ice fishing sounded worse. Then a friend with a cabin on our lake flipped it on me. It was never about the fish.
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Leaning In
What I keep learning about introversion and showing up
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Last week at a conference dinner, I walked in with too many good options.
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What twelve years of beer league hockey taught me about adult friendship
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Friendship Momentum
The friend you've meant to text for three months? The text has grown a backstory, and the backstory is what keeps you from sending it.
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What If Your Best Health Decision Isn't Exercise?
What a 25-year exercise study accidentally revealed about friendship.
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Stumbling Into Friendship
How a business group revealed what adult friendship actually needs
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