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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo
Sister also said I should get out there in the world and volunteer (animal shelter maybe?), and/or get a dog, and do some coed rec sports in order to meet more people.
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Good ideas, and I think "getting out there in the world" can also just mean always being open to random connections and looking for ways to help people out. The potential of this never really occurred to me when I lived in the northeast which tends to be kind of unfriendly and introverted. But when you really open your eyes, there's a million potential connections that we all just blow by every day. And I think when you put yourself out there in the world in places and circumstances that are really "you", these emerge. Like if you had a dog and you were always at the dog park or the pet store, if you were really into music and you were always at the local venues or record stores, or if you just really like hanging out at a particular park or whatever. I'm not even saying starting up conversations out of nowhere with strangers, things just come up. And once you're even a little bold, your confidence starts to go up.