Guide To Google Drive

How Ranking Your Friendships Can Make You a Better Friend

Make new friends, but sort the old ones into a 15-tier spreadsheet

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5 min readOct 7, 2020

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This piece is part of How Google Drive Can Make Every Corner of Your Life Easier

First I organized my spices. Then I organized my friends.

Lauren Larson

Written by Lauren Larson

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Gossip-at-large. Writing in GQ, Men’s Health, Allure, Bon Appétit, here, there, everywhere

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