Today was tough, but no without its opportunities. My plan was to head to a local park in the afternoon to practice a speech about sleep hygiene and start to read “A Game of Thrones.” Since it was still gorgeous outside I figured the park would be filled with people to talk to. Unfortunately, I let this mind set destroy any opportunity which presented themselves earlier in the day, like the yard sale I visited down the street or a girl reading (and walking) her Kindle. In both of these scenarios I thought of something to say, but instead kept my mouth shut for one reason or another. No worries, I’ll still complete my goal at the park, right?
Wrong!
The park was baron of single people and groups of two or three. All that remained was groups consisting of 5-7 people that turned out to be way more intimidating than I thought. I got to thinking about ways to solve my dilemma; I need to change up my venue until I build up my confidence to approach strangers in this setting. I’ve got some laundry to do tomorrow so with some luck it won’t be a problem to do a little social skydiving at the laundry mat.
So unfortunately I didn’t make genuine conversation with a stranger (at least I did it twice yesterday), but I did say “hi” to several folks as we encountered each other on the sidewalk.
I wish I could turn my brain off sometimes…it would be so much easier.
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