6. Ring Someone Rather Than Texting Them
The beauty of modern technology, is that it's infinitely easier contacting and maintaining a relationship with someone, even when they're on the other side of the world, let alone the other side of a city or town. You know that texting is much more easy and effective sometimes than ringing or emailing someone. It fits into your day a little bit easier. It's fine. However, one of the best ways you can do a positive swap with your habits, is to drop the texting and actually do make the time to call someone up. It's easy enough to exchange pleasantries through the medium of text-speak, but it rarely, if ever, actually allays what each participant is feeling and experiencing. Your friends might think it a little weird to begin with, but you'll soon find that taking the time to call them, even if it's only once a week, is a great way to stay close, be honest, and be a much better friend or loved one in the process.