6 Concrete Signs You Must Shrink Your Social Circle In Your Next Life Chapter

You feel unappreciated by the people around you.

Thought Catalog
3 min readJan 25, 2024
Avery Arwood

By Holly Riordan

You don’t want to keep people in your world who are mistreating you, making you feel small, or making your daily life more stressful. You need to cut certain people out of your life, even if you have known them forever, even if you feel guilty about letting them go. As much as it hurts to make a big change, you need to do the best thing for yourself. Here are concrete signs you must shrink your social circle in your next life chapter:

You feel unappreciated by the people around you.

You shouldn’t waste time with people who take and take from you without bothering to say thank you. It’s bad enough when others fail to return your good deeds, but if they aren’t even showing appreciation for all of the kind things you do for them, you don’t need them in your social circle. You should only spend time with people who value your time and your attention.

You feel unsupported by the people around you.

Your loved ones don’t have to be thrilled about every decision that you make, but if they’re constantly undermining your choices and…

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