The best thing I find is to meet people at things you are interested in.
- If you are interested in sports, join a hockey league or soccer league, etc and after a little while there will be atleast a handful of people you can form a friendship with. Sports teammates I find are pretty easy to form friendships with.
- if you are interested in theater, there are tons of drama/production clubs that you can enroll in and meet people that way. The same goes for music clubs, cooking clubs, travel clubs, etc.
- In addition to joining clubs/participating in activities you like, meeting people at work is huge. Interacting with co-workers for me has made me friends with tons of people over the years.
I'm still friends with tons of people from University (only been out a year), and family friends are a large portion of my friends as well, but I think co-workers/joining clubs probably make up close to 40-45% of the people I know.
EDIT: I'm not shy at all/am outgoing so my advice might not work for shy individuals.
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