I think you might just not be allowing time for the seed to sprout. You should be proud of doing some of the hardest tasks already, so focus more on planting t

I think you might just not be allowing time for the seed to sprout. You should be proud of doing some of the hardest tasks already, so focus more on planting the seed and letting it grow by regularly showing up and watering it. So much of networking is pure chance. Showing up to the same coffee shop, remembering that grocery clerk, going to the same gym every Tuesday, helping out with the same conference group. That repeated action creates a natural sense of trust between people so it becomes much easier to form connections. I've met people through volunteering, but I wonder would we have become friends if I didn't just keep showing up? Maybe the day we met they could have skipped volunteering because they had something else planned in their usual volunteer time slot, but since they chose to volunteer earlier in the day our schedules finally aligned. Those sort of thoughts, but it's happening all the time! The universe is strange like that. Fate I guess. It's not easy, especially as an adult, but really you just have to give yourself time to grow in whatever space you want to be in and let the universe do the rest.