Call the friend you have been meaning to call

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Call the friend you have been meaning to call

You thought of a name before you finished reading that sentence.

Friendships rarely end. They lapse. Nothing happened, which is exactly why nobody has picked up the phone in fourteen months.

The call does not need an occasion or an apology for the gap. 'You came to mind' is a complete reason and always lands well.

Eleven minutes is a real conversation. Put it between two things you already do, like the drive home, and it happens today instead of someday.

Call the friend you have been meaning to call, 1
Date it.
Call the friend you have been meaning to call, 2
Do it.
Call the friend you have been meaning to call, 3
Done it.

How to actually do it

  1. 01Write the name down now, before you forget who it was.
  2. 02Pick the drive or the walk you will call during.
  3. 03Open with 'you came to mind' and let it go from there.

You already know if this is the one. Go put a date on it.

Date it in the app

Send it to whoever came to mind.

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