The zones framework eliminates friendship scarcity mindset. You don't need everyone to be a close friend. You need the right people in the right zones.
This creates abundance. That friendly barista makes mornings brighter (Zone 1). Your running group provides weekly energy (Zone 3). Your two close friends offer deep support (Zone 4). Each zone serves important functions.
Ali discovered this after mapping his zones. He had plenty of online Zone 3-4 friends but no local ones. Instead of feeling globally friendless, he could focus specifically on building local connections while maintaining his valuable online relationships.
He joined a local climbing gym (Zone 3 potential), started working from a co-working space twice weekly (Zone 2 exposure), and invested in deepening one local connection from Zone 2 to Zone 4. His online friends remained important, but he built local zones to meet different needs.