Some friends help by making the next ordinary plan feel worth showing up for.

Certain people are good at the low end of the calendar, the Tuesday coffee and the walk with no agenda. They do not organize the memorable things so much as keep a steady supply of small reasons to leave the house, which turns out to matter more over a long stretch. Friendship is largely made of repetition, and repetition needs someone willing to suggest the unremarkable thing again. That is a real skill, not a lesser form of effort.

Be the one who proposes something small and soon this week. Keep it easy enough that saying yes takes no planning.