Gen Z will not get this but one of the most valuable lessons I learned in life is that unless your limbs have been chopped off in a freak accident, you SHOW UP. To events, social gatherings, opportunities, to dinner, weddings, birthdays. To things that are important to your friends. To life. People used to just show up. Part of what made communities work was this basic habit of participation. The social fabric was built from people being present for one another repeatedly over time. I think antisocial behaviour is in large part a modern phenomenon. A lot of it is downstream of the profoundly thyrotoxic / serotonergic nature of modern life. But we can RETVRN. Show up anyway. Trust me when I say that most good things in life happen because you were in the room.