strategies to make new friends and stay social in the amidst pandemic

Making friends has never been simple, especially as you reach an age where you can no longer bring your mother along to meet new people! Meeting and befriending new people can be frightening, nerve-wracking, and time-consuming! Furthermore, due to the ongoing pandemic, opportunities to meet new people have grown scarce, making it even more difficult to overcome loneliness.

Despite the unusual and unprecedented nature of this global pandemic, you can still interact with others and form friendships—it just might look a little different than usual.

You can take advantage of social media by communicating with people you met once or twice at a party. Send them a simple “hello” and let the conversation flow. Make contact with them to broaden your social network.

Reconnecting with old acquaintances, with whom you may have lost touch due to a lack of time or hectic schedules, is another excellent strategy to be more social during a pandemic. The pandemic is the ideal opportunity to reconnect with them and rekindle old friendships.

There are numerous virtual events that take place on a regular basis where you can meet new individuals. You can also enroll in an online hobby class to meet people who share your interests.

It’s important to remember when meeting new friends that you don’t have to make the greatest of friends with everyone you meet. You can just create acquaintances to broaden your social circle and give yourself the impression of being “connected” while keeping your friendships to a minimum.