I Always Challenge Myself To Be Socially Active

Being born an introvert, you always hate the spotlight around you. You easily get overwhelm by the things happening around you. You are afraid of what might be the impression of others about you. You always think about the consequences of your actions and most of all, you are losing a lot of opportunities in life.

I asked myself how did I become an introvert when I was born in a place full of extroverts. Since I was a kid I was already surrounded by many extrovert people. Shouldn't it be the personality that will influence who I am today? Why did it turned opposite?

I believe our personalities are innate. We possess the things that is already attached to our inner selves. Should I be discourage for being an introvert person? Perhaps I should feel down because the people doesn't like introverts because they're not fun to hang with and they are boring. They always prefer extrovert people because they are full of excitement.

I always challenge myself to become socially active. I am the one who start the conversation, I laugh and smile as if I am really a sociable being. I talk a lot until the topics never end. For me I am trying my hardest to fake myself around the people but this is the way for me to learn socializing. Just like the saying, fake it until you make it.

I am fighting myself from being socially anxious because I want to become an extrovert individual. It's not bad being an introvert but sometimes too much introversion can lead us to many wasted opportunities.

Here's what I do to slowly overcome myself from being an introvert:

Going outside as much as possible

There are times where I really have a huge fight over myself whether I should go outside. Since the pandemic began, I never really go out. I feel like I am used of being indoors for a long time. My social skills are a lot better before the pandemic but due to the new normal I have felt so muted. I am slowly trying to expose myself in the crowd so that I won't feel different when I am with different people. I can say this is working to me because I slowly gain a little confidence to go out and walk in the crowd compared before.

I interact to different people face to face

For me this is the best way to overcome introversion. We need to practice talking to people until the time we'll get use of it and it will be normal for us to talk to people without awkwardness. Usually before, I keep thinking that the people will only judge us everytime we speak but I realized it doesn't matter. People notice and forget things later on.

Surround myself with extrovert people

I have extrovert friends, cousins and many people who are really opposite to the introvert me. I think they can influence ourselves just like the saying that "you are what you surround yourself with." I want to have a glimpse of how it feels like to be living a life of an extrovert.

I sometimes feel that being an introvert is a cursed but I realize it's not. In fact being an introvert is such a beautiful thing. My mind is always active and I am good in creating decisions compared to people who easily rush without being rational. If I have to weigh things, my brain is winning over my physical body. My brain has a lot of things to share around the world but my body is not good in engaging physical situations. We shouldn't feel bad about being an introvert but we should learn to interact as life would be meaningless without it.

Where do you belong? Are you on the introvert side or are you on the extrovert side?

April 16, 2022

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