You need to try harder to hang out with these people.

Make the best out of the small group you have.

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I have a very small friend group.

I’m the type that would rather have a small group of friends with very strong relationships rather than a large group of acquaintances.

The problem is that I haven’t been doing so well in growing the few friendships I have.

Initiate excuse. I’m busy.

I live on a large college campus in a big city where everything is booming and every student has something going on. So if I try to schedule anything with my friends, it has to be on the weekend.

But recently I found some time during my schedule during a weekday to meet up with a friend. This hasn’t happened in a really long time.

Why has this gotten more important to me?

Your friends are not a waste of your time.

Not only do my friends genuinely want to know if I am doing okay, but they also like cheering me up when I feel a little pessimistic about things.

Most of the time I get overwhelmed with studying so much that I forget to spend time with friends. I don’t like compromising my study schedule, especially when I have a huge test. My brain is on overload.