# 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.

- Topic: Personal Life & Wellbeing
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/build-a-plan-to-feel-less-lonely-and-more-connected

## Prompt

```text
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.
```

## 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"

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