Familial relationships

One of my resolutions was to work on my relationships with family (mom and others), friends, and Tara (I guess she would be considered family now, but I mean blood, not acquired).

For my family, I want to call at least one family member once per week. This might seem easy to those of you who speak to your family on a regular basis, but you might remember from this post, that I don't chat with my family but once every few months. This weekend will be my first call. Hat tip to my dad who implemented this strategy and says it has worked wonders for him (he has a reminder on his phone to ring every Saturday). My mom and I are starting to work on things, so that's good.

As for the friends, what I want to do is cultivate friendships outside of my relationship with Tara. Let me explain, normally, I only hang out with people when I'm with Tara. This is because (1) I hang out with Tara whenever I have any free time and (2) I'm pretty uncomfortable in social settings by myself. So, I want to either talk to or hang out with friends outside of Tara at least once every 2 weeks (although, now that school has started, this may get pushed to physically hanging out once a month). These don't have to be "new" friends; they can be old/current friends, but I would like to have my "own" friends, though (like Tara does).

As far as my relationship with Tara, well, I'm already working on that. We're doing great, BTW. I just need to maintain and keep things fresh. Over the next 2 months, though, we will be moving back in together, so I expect it to bring new challenges up. It will be interesting to see how we overcome them (which we will!).

So, that's the relationship side of things...

Sunshine