Maintaining relationships with friends, family and partners can be extremely difficult, especially when you are finishing school and may even be considering moving away or considering study options which may distance you from those you love. This can be very tricky for everyone but usually things work out if people get to know and trust each other and keep communicating about what is important. It helps to know yourself, what you are good at, what you like and don’t like and what makes you feel happy, and safe. It then becomes less likely that misunderstandings will develop and cause problems in your relations with others.
Changes in relationships are natural but not always very easy, here are a few tips to maintain those relations beyond high school:
Make an effort to talk to them at least a few times a week - this shouldn't just be over text, call them a few times or even better Skype or FaceTime them.
Ask them how they are going. A simple "how was your day" or "how are you" can go a long way and even open up a more deep conversation.
UNI or other tertiary studies can be very overwhelming and it is even worse if you are struggling through it alone. It is important that you talk to and give support to those going through the same thing. This can be a time when you start drifting further from family too so it is highly important to visit them or keep them updated with everything going on in your life.
Take the initiative to organise meet ups and it will show them that you value their friendship and they will start doing the same. However the opposite could also happen - they may not reach out back to you - this is completely normal, it just shows who your real friends are.