Hey, I'm not a talker. okay? ~aei ------------------------------------------------------------------ Good day/night, I'm not good with talking, I'm not good with socializing, I'm not good at maintaining friendships. I do not quite know what to do about it anymore. Should I keep trying? I have been trying to turn around my social life for god knows how long but I don't feel like it's working and since I'm getting olderâ„¢ I wonder if it's really worth it to waste my time to make new connections when I will need to look after myself soon. I have not been able to maintain a single friendship except for one single offline friend group which is a miracle that they still like me at all. Do I blame my parents for being overtly restrictive of my hobbies, friends, and media consumption, to the point where I can't even hold a conversation as an 18 year old without fumbling it? Do I blame my previous school for the horrible environment I had to endure for half a decade or so? Do I blame myself for something? anything? maybe I'm just lazy, maybe it's a disorder, maybe I'm just underdeveloped, maybe I just don't want my life to get better, maybe people just don't like me. Well, it's kinda too late to think about this stuff, isn't it? I don't need friends, not anymore I guess. I can live alone, I lived alone for my whole life, why would anything change? On a better note, fixing the rest of my life is going well. Started waking up more at 5am and getting work done before classes begin, and so far I am quite content with how it has been, empty roads and seats are comforting for the first 4ish hours but I do think this is the most productive I have been in a while.