1. Take care of your health
Good health and regular self-care practices make for a better and overall well you, and this means that all areas of your life will be well too.
2. Get to know you
When you identify your own desires, needs, and values you are able to create the right social circle and communicate those to the people in it.
Knowing yourself also allows you to develop healthy boundaries and build positive relationships.
3. Find a hobby
Doing something you like can be both relaxing and social activities at the same time. You can learn how to knit, join a book club, plant your own vegetable garden - all these are activities you can enjoy doing with people who share your interests.
Even if it’s online you’d still be interacting with others and creating your own group of friends. Besides, studies show that having a hobby can lower stress levels and boost your immune system.
4. Volunteer
Helping others releases feel-good hormones in your bloodstream and lifts your mood.
Plus, it teaches you empathy and gratitude. It has a positive effect on you by giving your life meaning and purpose. It can also be a great opportunity to meet people with similar interests.
5. Set up healthy boundaries
It’s easy to get sucked in doing something you really don’t want to because your friends suggested it. But knowing what’s comfortable to you is part of being socially aware.
It also depends on your self-esteem level and how well you know yourself. When you’re confident in your own skin, you can allow people you trust in while letting people you’re not comfortable with know that there’s a line they can’t cross.
6. Join a class
Whether it’s a foreign language class or a dance or boot camp class, find something close to work or home where you will meet new people, have fun, and learn something new.
7. Be supportive of yourself
Stop judging and criticizing yourself, which only promotes low self-esteem, depression, and anxiety, all of which harm your social interactions.
8. Learn the art of resolving conflicts
Nobody likes confrontation and conflicts. But they will happen, whether in the workplace or at home.
Learn how to deal with conflict to reach a solution that will please both sides with leaving behind feelings of resentment.
9. Be kind and thankful
Be grateful for the great people in your life. Be a kind and supportive friend. When things don’t go our way, it helps to focus on the good things in our lives.
10. Spend more time with supportive friends
We all know people who lift us up, make us feel more alive and sure of ourselves. Those are the people with whom you should spend a large part of your time.
Then there are those who make us feel less secure in our abilities and a bit discouraged and unhappy, those are the ones you should definitely spend less time with, or avoid altogether.
