Barry Magazine February 2020

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Making Friends as an Adult

Making friends as an adult Yeah, it kinda sucks.. It’s time consuming and can be straight up difficult. Here are a few tips from Chloe at The Clwb that can hopefully take the edge off what could be considered the worst part of adulting. JOIN A CLUB/START A HOBBY This is probably the easiest way to meet like-minded people who have similar interests to you. Making the time to do an extracurricular activity can seem a lot of effort compared to cozying up on the sofa with your virtual bestie Netflix, but believe me when I say it’s worth it. An organised activity is a ready46

made platter of potential friendship material and although it can be very daunting showing up to something solo, you could always drop the organiser a message over social media to introduce yourself beforehand. That brings me to my next point, sliding into DM’s. It’s not just for the dating world. Social media connections are a great way


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