Pew Research reports that only 27% of guys say they have close friends. And that number decreases as years pass. The problem is that most men don’t build relationships intentionally. They inherit them. Coworkers. Neighbors. You wife's friend's husbands. Guys at the gym. When the context changes, the relationship fades. You don’t drift into healthy relationships. You build them—on purpose. Connection doesn’t happen by accident. Like everything of value in a man's life, it req

A national study of adults shows that men consistently report feeling more isolated than women at every age and stage of life. There's a cost to a man's isolation; It’s costing you connection. It’s costing you perspective. It’s costing you growth. You weren’t meant to figure life out on your own. You were built for connection. Loneliness and isolation aren’t something you have to carry for the rest of your life. The answer to this problem is probably already in your life.

Most men don’t wake up one day and decide to do life alone. They learn it. Over time. Through experience. Through what was missing. A man who had to figure life out without the support he needed. That’s how isolation is formed. Not by choice—but by experience. Some of what you’re carrying didn’t start with you. But it can stop with you. You don’t need to solve everything. You just need to stop doing life alone.