A few weeks ago, a close friend of mine said “do you know what is going on with me?”
I didn’t.
Turns out he had had back surgery and though he had posted updates to Facebook, because of the number of people with whom I had friends (and thus the large number of updates in my ‘news feed,’) I had missed it.
This troubled me.
There are levels of friends and relationships and, let’s be honest, certain people I care more about than others. Nothing wrong with that.
The flip side, however, is that there are often “weak links/ties” with people that over time grow into deeper friendships…or just stay as acquaintanceships (is that a word?)
And I don’t want to give up on that.
For a while, I didn’t know what to do.
Then, it dawned on me, so obvious.
Every time I friend someone, I add them to a Category. “FOJ” for personal friends. “Biz/Marketing” for business friends. “Japan” for people who I know from Japan or are interested in that subject.
I had intended to use it for sharing information, but now I use it to help filter which information I consume.
Just thought I’d share it.
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