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Brett and Kate McKay<br />

fast food, unless they were a slave owner, which the men above were not,<br />

then they weren’t sitting around all day twiddling their thumbs.<br />

So what was the difference between them and us? They weren’t as distracted<br />

from what’s important in life as we are. They didn’t labor under the<br />

belief that watching Lost was an adequate substitution for friendship. And<br />

they didn’t think that checking a buddy’s Facebook update was equivalent<br />

to catching up with him.<br />

It’s amazing that with the proliferation of time-saving devices these<br />

days, we feel busier than ever. Yet, it’s all relative. We’re not busier than ever.<br />

And if we feel that way, it’s because we aren’t prioritizing the right kinds<br />

of things in our lives. And that’s going to change this month, starting with<br />

today’s task.<br />

Today’s Task:<br />

Reconnect With an Old Friend<br />

It’s not as if men like Joshua Speed and Abe Lincoln had an edge on this<br />

friendship business because they stayed in one place their whole lives. Men<br />

back then were just like you; they made close friendships and then often<br />

went their separate ways. The difference is that they made the effort to stay<br />

in touch. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were apart from each other<br />

for 14 years, yet they kept their friendship alive by writing 158 letters to<br />

each other.<br />

So your task today is to make like men of old and reconnect with a<br />

friend, either by letter, phone, or email. Wild dogs shall be released upon<br />

any man who attempts to complete this task via Twitter.<br />

I highly recommend the letter option myself. I personally don’t like talking<br />

on the phone. Letter writing is an excellent tradition to begin with your<br />

buddy, and unlike an email, it begs an answer and will almost certainly not<br />

be ignored.<br />

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