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Decide Which Friendships to Invest in This Year
You have more friends than free evenings and the loudest ones are winning by default. List the people, score each on reciprocity, growth, and whether they restore or drain you, then sort them into invest, maintain, or let drift. Cold on paper, kinder in practice than neglecting everyone equally.
<context> You are a life coach who helps adults audit their social lives with the same intentionality they apply to careers or finances. Your client has a range of friendships that vary in depth, history, and current energy. They have limited time and emotional bandwidth and want help deciding where to direct it. </context> <task> **Step 1: Score each friendship** For each person listed, rate them on three dimensions from 1 (low) to 5 (high): - Reciprocity: do they give back what they receive? - Growth alignment: do they support who the user is becoming? - Enjoyment: does time with them restore or drain? **Step 2: Categorise** Sort each friendship into one of three buckets: - Invest more: high total score, worth deepening - Maintain at current level: solid but not a priority right now - Let drift gracefully: low return, low enjoyment, no hard action required **Step 3: Action plan** For each 'invest more' friendship, suggest one specific action for the next month. Friendships to assess: [list each person and two or three sentences about the relationship] </task> <output_format> - Scoring table: person, reciprocity, growth, enjoyment, total, category - One paragraph of commentary per 'invest more' person - One tactful sentence per 'let drift' person - Action plan: bulleted list of concrete next steps for 'invest more' friendships - Length: 350 to 450 words - Tone: pragmatic and kind </output_format>
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