How to make friends?

Text people to go out and do stuff. And take an interest in their lives.

I droppped out of the socializing wagon when I changed school at the age of 9. After that, I have not made new friends and the old ones have disappeared.
When I was 17 I met by chance my kindergarten friend at a grocery shop and we chatted for a minute, he was still seeing some of the old people so we made a deal to meetup with "the old gang". We hit it off with a few of them and now at 20, I have two real friends and a small group of people that I know and can socialize with

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Oh, and it also turned out we all had similar arcs. We call ourselves "the peer support squad"
Everyone is lonely in their own way

I would also like some advice on this.

How can I make REAL friends?

>be me
>26 years old
>still live at home
>still studying
>no friends
>just broke up with my girlfriend who was my only friend
>consider myself good-looking 7.5/10
>intelligent and smart but an underachiever
>feel like I'd rather be alone than friends with people who don't share my core values