Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Step1
Keep a calendar. Everyone enjoys hearing from loved ones on special occasions. Find out when your roommates birthdays are and jot them down. Whether you keep a traditional calendar, or stay organized with another system try to make your old college roommates birthdays a chance for you to stay in touch. Either send them a card or give them a phone call. Have birthdays be an excuse to you to drop everything and reach out.
Step2
Make a no excuse getaway with your old roommate(s). With different priorities we seem to get bogged down with deadlines and family and don’t give ourselves enough time well for ourselves. So make a standing date that you and your roommate(s) will get together every year. Discuss the time of year that works best for all of you and keep it at the top of your priority list.
Step3
Be consistent. Don’t let a month go by without a phone call. Email is convenient but it is just not the same. If you want to keep the friendship(s) alive, the only way to do that is by hearing each others voices. True emotion is easier to hear than read. When you are talking you usually are more likely to disclose personal things. Writing your old college roommates a concise email just isn’t the same. So go ahead pick up the phone, it will only bring you peace of mind.
Step4
Remember to let go. Your college roommates know the real you. This is what is so great about living with someone. There are no shows or fronts to put on when you have shared daily experiences.
Novice 
Comments
amylaine said
on 4/28/2008 This is something I should do, but somehow never find the time for. Great tips, thanks.
ladym33 said
on 4/28/2008 Excellent tips! Thank you
BlueOx said
on 4/27/2008 I would probably be the worst at this. I do not even keep track of people I know now, much less people I knew years ago.
onederland said
on 4/26/2008 It's so important to keep up with the people who "knew you when". Thanks for the tips!
vallain said
on 4/11/2008 I still enjoy hearing from college roommates 30 years later. We only write at Christmas and email a few times a year, but it's good to know how their life is going.