4 tips to stay connected when your friends live far away

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🗓️ 15 March 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Long distance friendships are a common reality of adulthood, as we move around for school, work or family. While they might require some planning and creativity to keep up, there's no reason to let physical distance keep you from staying connected.

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0:00.0	This is NPR's Life Kit. I'm Kavita George.
0:03.4	Ah!
0:05.4	Yes!
0:07.4	Yes!
0:09.4	Oh my god.
0:11.4	Wait, are we on the air?
0:13.4	This is Laura, my best friend in the world.
0:20.4	We've been best friends since first grade when we make up fantasy worlds on the playground
0:25.1	together and sneak into the library to eat apples and reed during recess because we are
0:30.7	nerds. We were pretty much attached at the hip until college when I moved to the Bay
0:35.6	area and she started school in Cambridge. And we've been long distance ever since. Today
0:41.0	I'm a reporter based in Alaska and Laura is an engineer turned musician in LA. And for
0:47.4	the first time since the pandemic started, she's coming to visit me in Anchorage.
0:52.3	What kind of stuff do you want to do in Alaska?
0:55.3	I really don't want to hang out with you. Maybe have a...
1:00.3	Wait, what's the called?
1:01.3	Peshmean?
1:02.3	Peshmean?
1:03.3	Like a baby?
1:04.3	Tell me.
1:05.3	Yeah, what is it?
1:06.3	Tell me, honey. Tell me.
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