How to Have a Social Life While Working Nights
Being social doesn’t have to disappear just because your hours are different. Halley Nagy, LMFT, shows how to make space for connection without draining your recovery time.
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Sign UpBeing social doesn’t have to disappear just because your hours are different. Halley Nagy, LMFT, shows how to make space for connection without draining your recovery time.
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when I want to make plans with people or
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attend events I really probably need to
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prioritize what those things are I can't
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realistically go to them all So what
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events are most important to me what
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community involvement is most important
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to me what people do I really want to
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make sure I can see this week or this
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month and how can I make that happen
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with my schedule i might have to
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compromise on some things I might have
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to adjust some things Or I can plan it
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around times when I'm already available
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This kind of goes along with number two
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Make plans and stick to them Again not
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totally new if you've been following
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along in this course Um but prioritizing
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making plans building routines and
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trying to keep them when you can that
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will build consistency and connection in
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your
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relationships Again staying connected
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and finding ways to do that just like
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you would with a long-term partner or
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family member how do you get to stay
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connected with your friends and a lot of
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those ways can overlap Maybe we're
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sending each other things throughout the
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day Maybe we write emails to each other
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and catch up when we can Maybe we send
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Tik Toks to each other Um but what are
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the ways you can stay
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connected and lastly same thing making
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the time You might never find the time
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to go to brunch with your friend or to
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schedule tattoos Um but whatever you
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want to do and decide to do you might
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have to find a way to make the time The
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time isn't going to just appear Um so
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make the time for your friends and your
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social life and for you just as you
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would for someone else in your family
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relationship whatever