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The best way to learn this stuff is to travel alone. When you travel, you have to learn to be that weirdly gregarious person who introduces themselves to random
by _hardwaregeek 8y ago
The best way to learn this stuff is to travel alone. When you travel, you have to learn to be that weirdly gregarious person who introduces themselves to random people. You'll also learn that if people think you're weird for doing exactly that, well that's their problem. Unless you're trying to befriend a bunch of middle schoolers, you're not going to get ganged up on by a group of people for smiling and making small talk.
- LeftTurnSignal 8y ago>> The best way to learn this stuff is to travel alone. Doing this helped me so so much. The only issue I had is it gets very difficult to form long lasting relationships when you're on the road all the time. But it worked on getting my "foot in the door" so to speak at parties or whatnot now
- cortesoft 8y agoI don’t know; I have traveled alone and end up going the whole trip without talking to anyone, so I don’t think it forces you to be social if you aren’t trying.
- paulddraper 8y agoTraveling alone bifurcates based on personality. Extroverts become more so. Introverts become more so.
- lardo 8y agoIn day to day life I have a tremendous amount of social anxiety. When traveling alone I feel free to be open and generally ridiculous as the repercussions of a social faux pas are limited.
- cortesoft 8y agoI guess it depends on why you are introverted; for me, I actually don’t have any social anxiety. I feel very comfortable being myself and am not worried about what others think. I choose to be alone because I enjoy it and it relaxes me.
- ayayecocojambo 8y agoi disagree. i am more of an introvert, but travelling alone let me step out from daily behavioural routine and discover my extrovert side.
- amp108 8y ago"Sink or swim" advice is laden with survivorship bias.
- smsm42 8y agoI traveled alone a lot and never been that person. Then, I'm an introvert so it's not natural for me anyway.