Want better friends? Start by being the one you keep wishing you had.

Wanting better friends is usually a wish for specific behaviors: somebody who remembers things, checks in, turns up, says the true thing kindly. All of those are available to you today, and doing them changes who ends up near you, because people move toward whoever makes them feel known. It also sorts things faster, since you find out who returns it. No guarantees, just a much better starting position than waiting.

Pick one and do it this week without expecting anything back. Remember the date, send the message, make the plan. Keep it up for a month and look at who is still there.