{"id":6217,"date":"2021-05-21T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=6217"},"modified":"2021-05-21T12:00:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:00:12","slug":"how-to-stay-connected-after-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=6217","title":{"rendered":"How to Stay Connected After Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Written by Mia Shelton<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations class of 2021!\u00a0 Everyone is so proud of you!\u00a0 You have made it so far and your life is just about to begin.\u00a0 It is so easy to get caught up in the new adventures of life and you should embrace every new trek that comes your way.\u00a0 Sometimes it can be difficult to keep in contact with the lifetime friends you made at school.\u00a0 Don\u2019t feel bad!\u00a0 Everyone gets busy sometimes and its easy to feel disconnected.\u00a0 Here are my favorite ways to stay connected with my long distant friends!<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Send letters!!!!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who doesn\u2019t love receiving letters in the mail!!! Brighten their day and send them something special to make them smile!\u00a0 Even if it is a silly postcard, let them know that you are still there.\u00a0 Become pen pals and share all your gossip via mail!<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Set aside time to call your friends!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scheduling a time to talk with your friends might help you not forget to talk to them.\u00a0 Pick a day and a time that works best, might give you something to look forward to at the end of a long day!<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Literally\u2026. Show up!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes, it\u2019s just as fun to plan a surprise trip to go visit your friend.\u00a0 Obviously, do some investigation work and see if their schedule is free.\u00a0 (Ask nonchalantly) Get other friends and make a mini trip out of it!\u00a0 Who doesn\u2019t enjoy a good surprise!<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Leave them notes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When, and if, you visit your friends, leave them sweet notes around their house so they think of you.\u00a0 Give them a little something fun to find when they least expect it.\u00a0 This will make them think of you and text\/ call you to tell you they found your note.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alright girl boss, go life your life!! Enjoy summer and get that coin hunny.\u00a0 Congrats to the class of 2021!\u00a0 To everyone else, congrats to the end of another school year!\u00a0 Can\u2019t wait to see everyone back on campus.\u00a0 Remember you\u2019re loved and be nice to others!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAGS! :p<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Mia Shelton Congratulations class of 2021!\u00a0 Everyone is so proud of you!\u00a0 You have made it so far and your life is just about to begin.\u00a0 It is so easy to get caught up in the new adventures of life and you should embrace every new trek that comes your way.\u00a0 Sometimes it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-6217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-summer2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}