Invite your old friends into your new life once before deciding they’d never fit.
CREATIVITY
WHAT THIS MEANS
It is easy to assume the people who knew the old you would not understand the new one, and to quietly stop inviting them. That decision is usually made without any evidence, on your side only, while they have no idea they were being assessed. People surprise you when they are actually given the chance.
Ask one old friend to something that belongs to your current life. A practice, a gig, dinner with the new people. If it does not work you will know properly, rather than having guessed.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Who from before have you never invited into your life now?
MORE IN GROWTH, CHANGE & REINVENTION
- Lots of kids hate bitter vegetables and grow to like them. Some things you’re not wrong about, just early for.
- A breakup is a hard way to learn what you need. It still counts as learning.
- A plateau means one of two things: you need more time, or you need a new method. Guessing wrong can cost you months.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.