{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/use-recurring-shared-context-to-reduce-the-cost-of-staying-connected",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0528",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Use recurring shared context to reduce the cost of staying connected",
  "summary": "Relationships are easier to maintain when life keeps giving them a place to happen.",
  "kind": "heuristic",
  "body": "Where it fits naturally, create recurring shared context: a monthly walk, project check-in, class, game, coffee after an existing event or another low-friction rhythm. The structure supplies opportunities for contact; the relationship still needs genuine interest and flexibility.",
  "limits": [
    "Routine does not guarantee closeness and can become obligation; keep the cadence voluntary and adjustable."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-everyday-social-connection"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-C66332633DE746EF"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "The adaptive-network study explicitly distinguishes mechanisms of tie formation from mechanisms of tie maintenance.",
      "source_id": "RS-C66332633DE746EF",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "What maintains ties will differ across settings, relationship types and life stages.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "You value a relationship but every contact requires inventing a new reason and scheduling from scratch."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Routine does not guarantee closeness and can become obligation; keep the cadence voluntary and adjustable."
  ],
  "example": "A recurring monthly walk can maintain a friendship more easily than repeatedly trying to 'catch up sometime.'",
  "check": "The relationship has recurring opportunities to interact without requiring a full scheduling negotiation each time.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-C66332633DE746EF",
      "title": "Closing the loop: Design, implementation, and evaluation of a regular-feedback network intervention for social connectedness and mental health",
      "url": "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378873326000146"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-7EA7AE5F77E4BAE5",
      "title": "Build connection from small repeatable interactions, not only big social plans",
      "url": "/collections/build-connection-from-small-repeatable-interactions-not-only-big-social-plans"
    }
  ]
}