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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Podcast

Why It's So Hard to Make Friends as an Adult

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Podcast

Mark Manson

Self-improvement, Education

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Making friends is hard, and unfortunately, as you get older, it gets harder.

In this episode, we look at research behind friendships, plus the complicating factors people experience in making new friends as they get older.

And for anyone struggling with their social lives, we share practical tips on how to meet and keep new friends.

Enjoy and, good luck out there.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So Drew, I just got back from Mexico and I spent my birthday down there with some friends.

0:05.0

It was a great time. I have three takeaways. The first is that Mexico City punches way above its weight in terms of food in history. I always knew the food

0:15.2

in Mexico was good but holy shit. The tacos, the guac, the tortillas man I could

0:21.5

bathe in tortillas made in Mexico City, hand-patted and baked by the hands of the Aztecs.

0:30.3

It was phenomenal. Long time listeners know that I set a goal of running a marathon on my birthday.

0:36.0

A lot of people texted me, said, hey, how's the marathon going?

0:39.0

My response was, I'm running a marathon of tacos, and it is going quite well.

0:43.0

Literally the second we turned on hit record,

0:47.0

there's a lawnmower outside my window.

0:49.0

It's like he was fucking waiting for us to record.

0:55.0

Why this has always happened?

0:57.0

I feel like someone is paying a yardsman

1:00.0

to follow me around and wait until I record anything and then turn on a lawnmower the second I start.

1:06.8

God.

1:07.7

Bro. Do you even podcast? Like bro, this is the subtle art of not giving a fuck podcast with your host

1:17.2

Mark Manson. Second takeaway, I got robbed for the first time ever. I okay I've been dying to hear this. What happened?

1:26.8

First of all I was long overdue I spent many many years living in developing countries and I resigned myself very early on of like you know what one day I'm going to get robbed that's just the cost of living in a place like this and ironically I never got robbed so I was always

1:45.2

just like mentally prepared for it and then it never happened well of course I go on

1:49.3

this quick three-day trip it literally happened on my birthday my phone stolen. But I got to give the guys credit,

1:55.3

because they did it well. It wasn't, this was no bullshit job. Like this was well coordinated, well thought out.

2:01.8

So we went to a soccer game at Stadia Azteca and we were a huge

2:08.9

crowd of people waiting to get into the stadium and I had my phone in my front pocket and I felt like I was aware,

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