The Relationship Principles: Protect Your Vibe at All Cost

Who to spend time with + Framework on how to prioritize

Bohui Yi
4 min readNov 2, 2023
Photo by Luis Barros on Unsplash

The more I grew up, the more I noticed how important it is to surround myself with the right people.

When I was mentally weak and lonely, I needed attention and emotional outlet, those with the same vibe took me and we fed each other into bad habits — time wasted reminiscing and blaming, lingering in the past.

When I consciously spent more time with people who were strong and inspiring, I learned to be independent and to get in touch with myself, I became stronger and was able to hold my ground more firmly.

There is a natural aura for everyone, but the thing is, bad vibes attract bad vibes, and good vibes attract everything, including people carrying toxicity, lurking, and trying to get a share of your good vibe.

I’ve come up with some basic principles for myself when it comes to identifying friends, just sharing here:

Only spend time, give energy and attention to people who are:

  1. Emotionally resilient— Everyone goes through difficult times, that’s what friends are for, but we need to be independent to solve our own problems and bounce back after down time…

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Bohui Yi

Writing = sharing. I write to pen down my thoughts and hopefully inspire you too. Navigating through my 20s.