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                             How to Make Friends In New


                                                      Places?


                                                By Kaushik Thatikonda
                                                                 Don’t  be  a  homebody.  New  friends
                                                                 don’t just knock on the door. You




                                                                 have to explore the area. Go to places
                                                                 with     people,   like    playgrounds,
                                                                 bowling  alleys,  parties  etc.  Visiting
                                                                 these  places  gives  you  a  whole  new
                                                                 social  touch  and  who  knows,  you
                                                                 could meet your future best friend!

                                                                 Assume  others  want  to  make
                                                                 friendships too


                                                                 If you want to make new friends, you
                                                                 have  to  presume  that  your  future
                                                                 friend  too  wants  to  be  your  friend.
                                                                 This can make you talk more freely to
                                                                 him/her and also creates a feeling of
                                                                 friendship  around  you  and  your
                                                                 newfound friend.
                    I’m  definitely  sure  that  this  is  a

                    problem that everyone faces. ‘How do         Overcome          your      fear     of
                    I make friends here?’, ‘Will those kids
                    down the  street like me?’, ‘What if  I      rejection
                    don’t get any friends?’ are some of the
                    numerous questions that pop up into          It  definitely  doesn’t  do  well  to  dwell
                    your mind when you arrive at a new           on the fact that you might be rejected
                    residence.  To  put  a  halt  to  this       or excluded from a friendship. Only if
                    recurrent  problem,  I’m  here  to  give     you  overcome  your  fear-can  you
                    you a few tips so that you can be the        make  new  friends.  If  you  continue
                    next  popular  kid  in  your  new            having  a  fear  of  rejection,  you
                    settlement.                                  mightn’t  make  new  friends.  As  they
                                                                 say  ‘No  risk,  no  reward’  (actually,  I
                    Go to places with people                     made that up.).






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