5 types of people to keep in your life

People, regardless of their relation to you, are great for ideas/conversation/watching/stories/companionship/sometimes avoiding.  Everyone needs their best friends, but there are those you could benefit from keeping around.  You decide how close.  Here are the ones I think are worth it:

Your Serena Van Der Woodsen

The Serena in your life is a guru for all things exciting and styling. Sweatpants and Netflix marathons have time and place, but Kodak-worthy nights out should be just as important. They will help you find the perfect outfit, give you the courage to slide into any kind of DM, and make you let loose. They can be your fashion inspiration and social motivation. Your Serena may be the life of the party, but at least she got you invited.  XOXO, Gossip Girl.  JK… It’s still me.

Your Rory Gilmore

Lectures from parents and teachers about dedication to school come around more frequently than Aunt Flow and can be just as painful. Rory exists to push you academically. Keep them close enough to better you, but avoid ruining everything with competition. Your Rory should be on your short list of people to help you study for those big tests and to thank in your Nobel Prize acceptance speech. You need someone to keep your sights beyond Stars Hollow.

Your Leslie Knope

Regardless if you are in a place where a career and professionalism are amongst your concerns or not, Leslies can come in handy. They contagiously love what they do and do it well. You should follow their lead, watch their steps, or just be inspired. At the very least, your Leslie can be someone that properly appreciates breakfast food.

Your Brooke Davis

Everyone goes through shit. Brooke is the person you call when all that shit starts heading towards the fan. Typically, they have a lot going for them. Unfortunately for my self-esteem, my Brookes are also inhumanly beautiful. I avoid thinking about that for too long though because then pints of ice cream and a lot of Adele get involved. You need that gorgeous, talented, creative, insane, stupid, and wonderful person to keep your head above water. Your Brooke is someone you trust with the dark stuff and trust to know what to do next. You are the clothes they will put over bros.

Your Cristina Yang

You have heard it takes a village, but it really just takes a Cristina. When your Serena is going out, you may not be up for it. Cristina is the best company for doing nothing, and sometimes (cough cough all the time) Netflix and sweatpants are way better. If your Rory has a test of their own, they stay at the library with you all night because they know when you just need the support. Leslie will not always have time, so Cristina encourages you every day. Your success is genuinely and obviously important to them. They see you in the same light you see your Brooke. Cristina never leaves your corner because even you can leave it sometimes. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, your Cristina is necessary. Serena, Rory, Leslie, and Brooke form a TSwift-level squad and serve incredibly important roles, but you are incomplete without your person.