Hi friends, I'm Emily Lay and you're listening to the Simplified Podcast.

If you're looking for a quiet place where you can start to simplify your life and organize

your home, this is it.

Every week I invite you to join me to explore practical ways to organize and automate the

complicated parts of life so you can focus on what truly matters most.

Today we're talking about how to create real and lasting connections with the people in

our communities and it's simplified we believe every good relationship begins with friendship.

That's why we created the friendship workbook just for you.

Through the pages of this workbook we'll help you think of practical ways to care for friends

and loved ones so you can experience a life filled with beautiful, flourishing relationships.

That's definitely what I want for my life this year.

You can find your friendship workbook and browse the rest of our workbook collection over at

EmilyLay.com. One of the things I hear from you guys a lot is about how much you want to build

real lasting connections with people. You want to have the confidence to invite over the neighbor

you haven't really talked to since you moved in 12 years ago and now it kind of feels too

light to rock the boat when you kind of have your way from the porch neighborly rhythms going

and you just don't want to bug them. But you know what? I bet they feel the same way about you.

They probably don't want to bug you too and so there you sit in houses side by side not wanting

to bug the other but each of you wondering what it would be like to have the kind of neighbor

you could have over to watch the Super Bowl or plan a summer block party with or maybe you're not

wondering about a next door neighbor. Maybe it's a person at your church you haven't seen before

and you kind of want to talk to them after the service maybe even grab a bite to eat afterward

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