30 questions to ask your best friend

What are some of the best things you can do for your health? Thousands of studies have touted the benefits of regular exercise, healthy eating, and sleep for a person’s overall wellbeing but as one recent study shows, the strength of a person’s social circle can be just as important as getting in their eight hours for overall health.

The study found that the strength of someone’s social circle, as measured by inbound and outbound cellphone activity, was a better indicator of an individual’s overall mental wellbeing than what was reported on their fitness trackers for hours slept, heart rate, and activity levels.

Maintaining strong friendships have been linked to a person’s estimated lifespan, risk of dementia, and their growing and/or shrinking waistline. Talking to friends can decrease our stress levels, improve our immune systems, and most importantly, make us smile.

So with that being said, don’t you think it’s a good time to call your friends? Whether it’s your bestie on speed dial, old sorority sister or high school locker buddy, take it from us and give ’em a call. It’s good for your health, science says so! And if you maybe know them a little too well and are itching for new conversation points, we’ve listed 30 questions to learn something new about your friend.

1. What’s your favorite memory from our friendship?
2. What do you remember about how we met?
3. If you could have known what your life would look like today one year ago, would you have changed anything?
4. Who do you look up to the most? What do you admire about that person?
5. What do you want most to accomplish this year?
6. What obstacle have you overcome in recent memory?
7. What’s the best career advice you’ve ever been given?
8. What’s the best personal advice you’ve ever been given?
9. When is the first time you remember being self-conscious about your body? How do you think that moment shaped how you see yourself now?
10. Why did you like your first childhood crush?

11. Is the job you have now the job you thought you would have growing up?

12. If you had no wifi or data for one week, how would you spend your time?

13. If you could have a dinner party with five people, living or dead, who would you invite?

14. If you could have a different first name, what would it be?

15. What do you think is your best quality?

16. What’s your worst quality?

17. How are you helping the environment?

18. How are you hurting the environment?

19. If you could relive any moment from the past year, what would it be?

20. What about from the last five years?

21. Do you have a five-year plan? If so, what’s on it?

22. Which describes you better: I work to live or I live to work?

23. Do you want kids one day? Why or why not?

24. Do you think it’s socially responsible to have multiple children?

25. Do you think you’re judgmental?

26. What do you judge other people on?

27. Which sport do you wish you excelled at?

28. Would you ever want to start your own business?

29. What to-do list item have you been putting off for a while?

30. How do you think your relationship with your parents has affected the way you live your life?