How to be friends with my ex

My boyfriend and I broke up yesterday after nearly 6 months and I feel like being friends is what’s best since we do still love each other and care for one another but we had a big fight a few weeks ago and we tried to get back to normal but it was so exhausting and bad for my health and it just felt weird from what what happened. I still do want to be friends because honestly I cant see a life where we’re not talking even just as friends because he keeps me calm and we were friends long before we dated and I feel like it just won’t be weird or awkward to keep talking to each just no lovey doves type. I miss having the strong love bond we had and hes my best friend and I don’t want to lose my best friend because it’s so special to me and we deserve each other but we just need time to heal and my gut does say we’d get back together in the future but Idk