Proactive Friend Finder

INSTRUCTIONS:
Complete the 10 questions below to get clear on 1) what you're looking for in a friendship, 2) what YOU bring to friendship and 3) identify ideas and actions to find potential friends - pro-actively.
1. Why is having friends important to me right now?

(Getting clear on WHY we want something helps motivate and inspire us.)

2. What are the top 3 qualities I like in my IDEAL friends?	3. Thinking about good friends I have, or had in the past, what do I value MOST about them?	4. What are the outcomes (specific results) I would like from having new friendships?

5. What 3 qualities must my friends NOT have?
(it's good to know what to avoid as well as what to look for)
a. b. c.
6. What special qualities do I bring to a friendship?
How am I a great friend to others?
7. What activities or kinds of things do I like to do with friends?
a. b. c.
8. What could get in the way of me having successful friendships
9. Where could I meet potential friends?
(brainstorm & list all your ideas, no matter how 'realistic' they are)
10. Who, that I already know, are potential friends?
(Consider people at work, a club or group, a fellow volunteer, someone at the gym/a class or anyone else that you often see or run into)
Finally, what actions will you take to get moving?
Ideas include making a phone call, starting a new hobby, activity or class, attending an event or asking someone to go for a movie, pizza or coffee. Have an idea you've been procrastinating over? Now's the time to do it… Simply write 3 actions in the space below - and be as specific as you can. Then do them.
Action By when

INSTRUCTIONS:

Action	By when