catch up. make plans. repeat.
You don’t need new friends. You need to see the ones you have.
Share the little things during the week. On Friday, everyone’s week arrives at once, so you catch up with all of your people in one sitting. Then go see one of them.
Who it’s for
Made for two kinds of friend.
The ones you’ve drifted from
You don’t need to find new people. Two weeks of small things, the bread they baked, the trail they finally did, the show they’re mad about, and you’ll remember why you liked them. Recess is where you find that out.
The ones you can’t keep up with
College, the old job, the city you left, the city you moved to. A group chat can’t hold that many people. Friday can. One morning a week, everyone’s week in one place.
Friday
Friday is for catching up.
Friday morning your week goes to your friends, and theirs come to you. Twenty people, one coffee. No feed to keep up with in between.
Plans
Turn “soon” into a plan.
“We should catch up” is where friendships go to wait. Create a Recess, invite the people you want there, and it’s on a calendar instead. Coffee. A walk. Game night. Coworking. Dinner. Sitting on someone’s couch.
The rest of the week
Catch up, then log off.
The days in between are quiet on purpose, so you can stay where you are instead of watching a feed. Nothing to check. Nothing to fall behind on.
One morning a week. That’s the whole schedule.
Groups
Keep your people close.
Best friends, family, coworkers, hometown, the city you left. Private groups, so your Friday goes to the right people and the right people’s Fridays come to you. Only you can see your groups.
Your year
Proof you actually did stuff.
Look back on a year of Fridays and the plans that came out of them. Most of it with people you already knew.
Recess
You already have the friends. Recess is how you keep them.
No pressure to perform. No need to be online all day. Just your friends, their lives, and more reasons to see each other.