7 Ways To Keep Up With Your College Pals This Summer
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7 Ways To Keep Up With Your College Pals This Summer

As we all know, when you leave college and go home for a break you can easily lose touch with some of your friends at school. So if that is something you're worried about, I have a few different ideas of how to not let that happen.

Ally Burnham
Jul 05, 2019
Kansas State University
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7 Ways To Keep Up With Your College Pals This Summer

1. FaceTime

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Each week it is not hard to FaceTime your friends even if it is just for a quick ten minutes. Lots of things will happen over summer for you to tell them about, so take the few minutes to let them know what is happening in your life. My friend, Maddie, and I try to do this about once a week before she starts work and we always run out of time before we are really done.

2. Pen-Pals

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Become pen pals with your college friends. Make it a goal to write your friends a few times through out the summer to keep in touch. It is a really thoughtful way to show them you care and that your thinking of them.

3. Book Club

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Start a book together- then keep each other accountable for reading and talking about it each week. This is a cool way to keep in touch and connected doing something similar.

4. Exercise Buddies

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Follow the same exercise program- this is something Maddie and I have also been trying to do this summer. I have to say she had done a better job following the weekly exercises, but it is a fun way to get in shape and to get talking when you have a tough day.

5. Plan A Visit

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Plan a trip to see your sweet friends. Who said your friendship only had to be through the school year? Get in your car and visit your pals this summer! It is definitely worth it.

6. Start A TV Series Together

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Each week watch an episode and then catch up on it and whatever else you missed!

7. Gift Exchange

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This is a super fun idea and is something that you can look forward to! You and your friends can set a dollar amount limit (example: $15) that you have to spend on your friend for a sweet surprise, and then they do the same for you.

Keeping in touch despite the distance is hard, but making the effort to keep your friendships alive is something that your friends will value and something you will never regret!

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