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Maybe it’s my age, the time of year, the alignment of the stars, or the hormones in my new birth control, but I’ve been doing a bit of a friends cleansing lately. I’m certainly not formally breaking up with friends but, I’m purposefully giving them less of my time and consciously making more time for friends who I believe are better for me. I mean, I’m very busy—aren’t we all? I don’t even have enough time for my absolutely favorite people—isn’t that true for you, too? So then why should we dedicate any of our rare and precious spare time to anyone who makes us feel anything other than happy, positive, energized, motivated, inspired, and hopeful? If you think about it, you probably do, unfortunately, give some people who don’t make you feel that way your time. So, stop it today. Here are the friends you should keep and the ones you should ditch.
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Spend more time with the go-getters, the movers and shakers, and the hustlers. Those friends who get an idea in their head, and make that idea real—be around them. They energize you. You’ll find that you become more of a mover and shaker, too.
