Andrew
@courter
what if you could literally invest in friendships, like each person in your friend group puts $10/week (coffee money) into a shared account, with the understanding that you'll spend it together (on a meal, a trip, a shared experience or good)
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Andrew
@courter
• create a weekly "reason" to chat/check in • create a growing "budget" to brainstorm against • could "expire" to create urgency It's "we should hang out" but putting your money where your mouth is
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Andrew
@courter
for many folks (and me!) it's too easy to fall out of touch, to let relationships that you care about fade … the day-to-day gets in the way any system that overcomes this, however weird, is worth a look … bc the upside of great friendships is uncapped
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Andrew
@courter
tangible personal examples: • co-commit to bike racing together in fall by setting aside race entry fees • fund framily traditions (e.g. annual cousin meet-up out West) • crowdfund reunions (e.g. @TwitterDesign team happy hour)
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Victor Ma 🧾
@vm
this is interesting
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Andrew
@courter
🙏🏼 right on anything that resonates with you specifically? or like, what's a version of this that's been tried? (no need to answer … but I'm asking myself these questions too) Fantasy Football has been suggested 🤔https://twitter.com/shuangsta/status/1616167668171821056
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Victor Ma 🧾
@vm
fantasy sports, poker night, etc. Tricky part is making it feel like a friendship allowance that goes towards fun things, and not an obligation of money (albeit small) and, prob more importantly, time
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Andrew
@courter
Yes, perfectly said — lots of ways for money + friendships to go awry … tricky to get it right.
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