“Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.”

— Baz Luhrmann from Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI

I haven't found the above advice to be true, I'm 40 now.

I moved off grid after living in a city for 20 years.

I don't have a lot of friends but I'm happy, my nearest neighbor is 5km away.

I enjoy the dark nights, the silence and the solitude.

I think friends are a really arbitrary thing to plan your life around.

Friends can also be a burden, more isn't just better; shoutout to social media.

"If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company."

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Words to live by.