I want to improve my social skills. I thought by way of stepping out of my comfort zone. So here’s what I thought:
Try and make conversation to a random person, location or occasion be damned, at least once per week. With saying more than two sentences be deemed sufficient. If the other person does not initially respond amicably (to the first sentence), I leave them alone.
That’s too relaxed for my taste. I really want to go out of my comfort zone. I feel like the social settings I’m already in aren’t stimulating any more.
Are you in the part of the world where weather is warming? You could go to a park for a pick-up card, chess, or basketball game. Or help an elderly or disabled person load groceries on the car or volunteer at an elder center, adult day care, homeless shelter or meals on wheels type of thing. Or you could visit a nursing facility or hospital for kids and volunteer to read, lead a light exercise or crafts program. You could volunteer at an animal shelter and talk to people there?