I’m asking advice because I’m stressing over it most of my free time and I’d gladly get rid of this attitude in my life. I don’t know if I’m in the right sub for this post, I’ll remove it if it’s not.
I have always been an introvert. My field of work is very, \*very\* people-oriented; I see tons of (mostly new) people everyday. As a result of this, I like my evenings and weekends to be free, mostly for decompressing and chilling; be it playing my guitar, some chill videogames, or doing physical activities (running, some weight training at the park).
My social life is quite good: I’m in a long term relationship with my GF; I have a few close friendships where I feel loved and valued. Almost every weekend there’s something to do or some people to go out to dinner or a drink with. BUT, I’m at a point where, whenever I get invited somewhere, I feel slightly annoyed at best.
Why can’t I enjoy it? I’m self-confident enough to not feel awkward in a social group, so that’s not the reason. Also, I don’t think I’m depressed; I think I have a normal range of emotions, sometimes I feel truly happy, more often than I used to in the past.
There’s activities I enjoy, but most of them are during the day (hiking, cycling, going to the lake, the woods… any sort of outdoor activity really). I realize I come off as a somewhat boring person; I am okay with that. How could I fix this and, should I? Or I should just find people like me?
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Are you being yourself with these friends, or are you playing yourself up by acting more interested/outgoing? That’s exhausting.