Just text some of your friends periodically. Check in. Be a human being.

It's not that hard, and it changes lives.

I write a lot about friendship and relationships, which is probably paradoxical to some who know me because I'm not always the greatest friend and I'm definitely not that great in relationships, i.e. I've been divorced. I drink like a fucking fish sometimes and can't totally get that under control, and I've got a whole bunch of other problems around sel…