I had friendships built around books.

I wanted to be a writer, so I went to writers' conferences.

I met so many amazing writers there.

I love to read, so I would go to conferences and then I would meet other readers who were

into the same genre of books that I was into.

I have made friends with people who are way older than me,

way younger than me, all around this idea of books. When my husband and I were walking the

Camino de Santiago, we did that for a couple summers in a row, we would meet other people on the

trail who were into, you know, challenging themselves physically and

traveling to other countries. Like, I have made such good friends based on hobbies, not based

on, you know, oh, we're the same age or we're neighbors. It's, the proximity is not enough,

at least not for me.

Hey guys, I'm Rachel Hollis, and this is the show where we talk about life, real life.

Around here, we cover everything from habits and motivation to relationships, parenting, and what it looks like to build a life that you love. If you're trying to grow, heal, or just feel a little bit more

like yourself, you're in the right place. There are a handful of topics that I have received over and over and over in the course of doing

this show for almost a decade. And one of the biggest of those is friendship. How on earth are you

supposed to make friends when you are a grown up?

Like what does that look like? How does it work? Because when we were little, you know,

when you were little, you made friends based on proximity. If Becky lived next door to you,

Becky was going to be your buddy or whoever was in your second grade class, those were

going to be, those were your homies.

Like that is who you were hanging out with.

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