Keep a note for everyone I meet, with some thoughts about them.
This way you can keep friends against entropy
remember forever known yet unknown friends
Be true with your friends, let not life pass you by. But if you have to, make these mistakes yourself.
Travel to meet yourself so that you may be a better friend.
Allan, Geet, Murli Dhar Vikram, Vishal Nath — people I met on the road, mostly India. Waterfall is how some of it happens: two strangers, one conversation, gone by evening.
Networking is really just this scaled up — how do you get a job? Networking. How do you know an idea is good? Same answer. shared experience is what actually bonds people, hardship more than comfort. observe, ask Questions, and per Written instructions don’t trust word of mouth — memories get rewritten.
meaning mostly comes down to a good job, a partner, a trusting family. short term versus long term wanting is the tension underneath most of it. all you need are friends, because everything else — the job, the phone, the feed — is fake next to it.
basics: rest, eat well, don’t be hard on yourself. Birthdays so I don’t forget.