All you have to do is not worry about it. Fake confidence or talk yourself into being confident. You probably know what you do to make situations awkward. It doesn't have anything to do with your looks. Ugly people fit in if they're confident. Get yourself to see that the people you're trying to impress don't actually matter and you won't worry about trying to impress them. They're never going to be impressed. They're just going to accept you or reject you.
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Classic anime moment where said clumsy main character falls face first into large breasts
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i can only imagine this in a situation where empire panics and knocks a book out of a girl's hands and stammers "h-h-heh y-y-you d-dropped this.." while sweating bullets
Being from the South and having this ingrained into me does come in handy sometimes.
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if you're at the library, you can start noticing people who're also there at the same time as you are and after a few days i think you should just approach them and say hi and talk about how the library itself and how you need a better library and then segway that conversation into wherever you want to go with it
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Oh here's a good one
I'm sure you probably do this for people all the time, but be careful to always hold open doors, pick up someone's dropped items, ask if they need help with their studies, etc
Good conversation starters come from being courteous
Actually this doesn't seem like a terrible place as long as they aren't too busy/shy.
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Sure it is! Last year I developed a library clique that basically ran the whole bottom floor. You just gotta ask if you can sit at someone's table, then it's easy to socialize as studying people love distractions (and snacks!)
https://youtu.be/NjLt0LS1M0I?t=61 I've never seen/read it and don't really have the time to unfortunately unless I want to sacrifice my playing time, which is way too important to me to do.
i agree with working out. plus you can meet people at the gym with same goals as you. also going to clubs that have your interest at your college can help as well.
I'm pretty sad too because I always see all of these really nice and smart looking people in the library but the library isn't a place to approach people.
Working out is a great advice. Im not sure how succesfull you're going to be with meeting friends at the gym but atleast you will feel way better physiologically and psychologically which will help you socialize.
Also putting yourself out there is quite important. Maybe check if there is some meet up for boardgames(I love boardgames even tho its nerdy af you meet likeminded people there) or sports. Also go to student bars and drink is a foolproof way to meet new people.
freshman year i hung out with my neighbors in my dorm, but i think by this point people don't hugely interact with others just because they live in the same building. i largely just hang out with people i know via student orgs, and i'm only really in two of them. there's definitely a level of camaraderie that comes with being in a group of people that share the same interest. if you're not big on clubs still, try striking up conversation with people when you start classes up again. if nothing else comes of it, having a friendly face when you're in class is always ideal
