Making Personal Friends

While socializing is generally considered a pleasant, leisurely activity, various commitments and anxieties can drain the enjoyment out of your social life and make it harder to interact with others. Tackling issues with self-esteem, rejection, and other reservations can help increase your desire to socialize, while improving the way you communicate with others and taking advantage of mutual friends or similar social opportunities can help you become a more social person overall.

How do I make a friend?

Your Action Plan: Make New Friends…

• Do it blind. Most of us have heard of the “blind date,” when we let a friend play matchmaker and set us up with someone we’ve never met before. …
• Be yourself. …
• Get up close and personal. …
• Be persistent. …
• Set a goal. …
• Say cheese. …
• Don’t take it personally. …
• Think outside the box

How do you become more social?

Be genuine.

1. Don’t try to tell people what they want to hear or what you think will make them like you more. Just be yourself.
2. Avoid texting or talking on the phone when you are in the middle of a conversation, especially if the subject matter is important.
3. Keep conversations balanced.