i used to be incredibly quiet all of the time. i never had many friends in school, ever. i hardly ever had friends in my classes & i never talked to anyone unless i was being spoken to.
i got tired of that.
because not having very many friends honestly, sucks.
over the summer, i decided i was going to stop caring about what people thought of me. because it really doesn't matter if anyone doesn't like me. and i'm not a terrible person, and my personality isn't too bad. there's not too much reason for someone to hate me.

anyways,
i went into this school year with that mindset.
i've made some good friends and quite a few acquaintances.