The more I think about it, the more I think friendship break-ups have been harder than relationship break-ups. With my exes, the break-up has been a result of a build-up of issues and a long time coming. With friends, I’ve lost people over minor disagreements out of the blue...

It’s meant I haven’t got closure and I’m still getting over friendships that ended years ago. I’ll never understand how someone can cut off a close friend without a word of goodbye, but maybe that’s because I invest so much in my friendships. I’m an introvert and when I get...

Close to people, that’s like me saying, ‘you are my type of people and I trust you.’ If you’ve stuck with me long enough for me to take all my walls down and let you in, it’s going to hurt 10x as much when you leave. It’s only in the last year, through therapy, that I’ve...

learned to put up healthy boundaries and not invest energy in those who don’t value me or my time. I used to empty out my cup by giving my all to others and leave myself with nothing, then feel drained and lost when they took it for granted. I’ve said it a lot but 2020 changed me

Pandemic happened, people and friendships changed, but I rediscovered my resilience and self-belief. So I know that feeling sad about losing a friend is natural, and I’m entitled to grieve the loss of that relationship, but I’ll be okay and get through it.

Basically 2020 = Cat 2.0: Bad-ass edition.

Please also note that this is an analysis of my friendships over the last few years and I’m not having a dig at anyone personally.