Two friends meet in an Uber Pool in San Francisco, and get out a block away from each other. They're exhausted after a long day, but while in the car they struck up a conversation ("you never know who is sitting besides you") around commercial real estate, an industry where there are not many women. They both had an openness to getting together after they initially met, and that openness enabled room for their friendship to grow – it was casual, but still meaningful.
Those two women are Meghna Krishna Bondili and Amanda Murray, and they join us on this podcast. We chat about all things meeting friends and how to stay in touch over a distance, and recognize that as women post-20, our time gets more limited as we get older, so friend chemistry is so critical in order for our time to be best spent!
When you're maintaining friendships at a distance, they shared a few tips:
Be kind to yourself: imperfect is enough! You can't be perfect at all the things you do all day every day. Even if you don't text your friend until the minute before you fall asleep at the end of a long day, that's totally good!
Play online games with friends, watch online concerts!
Get on the phone with your friends while you're taking a walk, or doing the dishes rather than rely on text all the time, especially on birthdays.
Ask "how can I help you?"
Parting words? You never know what someone's going through, so be kind always.
Today's Friends:
Meghna Krishna Bondili is the Founder of Butterfly Voyage, which brings fresh perspectives to real estate development marketing. Raised in Manhattan, and currently living in San Francisco with her family, Meghna has learned to merge her NYC urbanist sensibility (she still has not learned to drive) with the greener vibe of the west coast (she has learned to grow vegetables).
Amanda Murray is Head of Business Development at Design Like Whoa, a SF based woman-owned and operated business that provides customized corporate apparel, accessories, and gift kits. After spending the past 10 years in San Francisco, she recently moved back to her native land of Vancouver, Canada. Amanda is the mother of two girls, Georgia (2.5) and Scout (3 months), and is learning the fine balance of mothering and making it rain at the office.
Continue to Bask:
Vintage finds from Elsie Green, Poshmark, Etsy, Food52 Vintage Shop
Play Codenames online with friends
Watch concerts with friends (here too)
Send a card or two (Minted and Handwrytten)
If you’re not in on Bask yet, join our waitlist over at GetBask.com. Your future friends will thank you!
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