I can remember vividly sometime early this year, I sat on the bed, scrolling through my Instagram feed, feeding my eyes with amazing pictures of friends and people I follow.
While I was still scrolling looking for something to draw my attention as always when ever I have time to check my social media feeds, something finally drew my attention, it's a video of a group of friends having fun together... and then it hit me...
In my mind I was like "this could be me and my girls right there, having fun like we usually do, joking around and making fun of each other.
I began to reflect and remember that it has been months I had a proper laugh. Not the regular or everyday laughter, I mean the kind of laughter that would leave your eyes teary.
That's the kind of laugh I get when I'm around my girls (best friends). Life had gotten in the way, work had taken most of our time. For me personally, work has taken most of my time, lot of unfinished projects and client works and meeting up deadlines has made it almost impossible to have free time nowadays especially the free time to hang out with the girls.
It began with weeks and before your knew it, the weeks turned into months. It's been over 3 months i've seen my best friends... we usually chat on whatsapp a lot of the time, but nothing beats the feeling of hanging out with your true friends.
I really miss our wine and game nights that we usually do every last weekend of the month. It has become a distant memory for now because most of us don't even have time for ourselves because of work, let alone having time to go for wine and game nights.
Life has become so boring now. But what can we do, we have to work to earn a living and we hope that we earn so much that we don't have to work as hard as we do now.
Sometimes when I'm bored and alone, I just swipe through the pictures and videos of those fun moments in my phone and it brings a huge smile to my face. I really miss those moments.
It's been way too long since me and my girls have gotten together to really have some fun like we used to do before adulthood kicked in.
Life has lately been a whirlwind for us not only for me, work, kids, and other things that comes with adulthood... all these makes it easy to forget how important having those close moments with your true friend are.
I mean, we all need to find time, even though it is little to ease out stress and have fun. This goes a long way in helping us recharge, have better health, and be even stronger to face the challenges that come with adulthood.
So, I decided to change that... recently, I dropped a quick message in out whatsapp group that we should try to find time and agree on a date and time to meet up sometime this month... still waiting for everyone to responds and come into conclusion on what we have to do to make it a memorable outing.
Some have agreed so far and are already buzzing as always, so we'll see. I'm already excited and can't wait.
For me, it is not about how long it's been since we last shared a memorable time and laughter together, I mean hanging out with the people you call friends, not on whatsapp or on social media, I mean hanging out in your favorite spot and having fun... nothing beats that... but the most important thing is making sure that we continue to prioritize those friendships and relationships.
No matter how hard life and adulthood has been, it is important to understand that life is about balance and we all need those fun and memorable moments to keep us going and always stay recharged. Like the popular saying, "all work and no play makes jack (Jane) a dull boy (girl).
So my advice to anyone reading this post is that no matter how busy you are at work, or being a parent, or the projects you are handling, you should always find little time to share fun moments with your true friends...
Rememeber, a good laughter is the best medicine... Life can't just be about work, work, and more work, it needs to also be about fun, play, joy, connecting with people and more fun as well.
