Build a plan to feel less lonely and more connected
A gentle, step-by-step plan to add more social contact and meaning to the week, matched to your health and mobility.
The prompt
Help me feel less lonely and more connected to people.
My situation: [e.g. "retired, widowed last year", "live alone", "family lives far away"]
Mobility, health, and transport: [e.g. "don't drive at night", "use a walker", "no limits"]
Comfort with technology: [e.g. "use a smartphone", "prefer phone calls", "no internet"]
Interests and past activities I enjoyed: [HOBBIES, WORK SKILLS, FAITH, CAUSES]
Who I'm still in touch with: [FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS]
When I feel loneliest: [e.g. "evenings", "weekends", "holidays"]
Give me:
1. Small daily touchpoints: easy ways to have a few minutes of contact each day.
2. Weekly activities: 6-8 options that fit my mobility and interests (e.g. community or senior centers, library programs, faith groups, classes, volunteering, walking groups), favoring regular groups with the same people.
3. Staying close to people I know: a simple schedule of calls and visits, and how to ask family for regular contact without feeling like a burden.
4. Technology help (if I want it): simple steps for video calls, and who could teach me.
5. A 4-week starter plan with one new thing per week.
6. For hard times of day: ideas for evenings or holidays.
Tell me to mention loneliness to my doctor, as it affects health. If I describe hopelessness, not eating, or thoughts of not wanting to be here, urge me to contact my doctor or a crisis line right away.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- e.g. "don't drive at night", "use a walker", "no limits"
- e.g. "use a smartphone", "prefer phone calls", "no internet"
- HOBBIES, WORK SKILLS, FAITH, CAUSES
- FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS
- e.g. "evenings", "weekends", "holidays"
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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