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No FRIENDS & Alone; How Do I Still Live Happily & You Can too

Renuka Gavrani
9 min readJul 29, 2022

For as long as I can recall, I always craved friends. Friends who do crazy stuff together and stand by each other 24/7 in good or bad.

Did I find Friends then?

Well, surely I did. I did find friends in both school and college who I used to enjoy with, hang out with and have FUN with but also the friends who were speaking ill of me behind my back.

Result?

Well, I was a little late in recognizing them because by the time I did college had almost come to an end.

And today when I am writing this blog, I don’t think I have any such friends who I can completely trust or have the kind of fun with those TV series shows. This brings me to the question, does friendship like F.R.I.E.N.D.S really exist?

I guess not.

I always felt that I needed friends until my college came to an end. Because after college, when I am spending time with myself, I really think that I am enjoying being alone more.

But what changed?

As I said, I always thought that I needed friends but did I really?

From the beginning, in real or reel life, we see how everyone has friends, at least one best friend, and this fits the idea in our brain that we must

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Renuka Gavrani
Renuka Gavrani

Written by Renuka Gavrani

I talk about slow & Intentional living - taking you closer to a happy life. I am a published author of the book 'The Art of Being Alone': https://a.co/d/531JIFq

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