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My friends don’t know it, but one of the reasons I moved to was to 
give myself room to learn to break out of experiences like that. I wanted 
to live in a new city where I could practice meeting people every day, 
and not stop until I got comfortable being myself. ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/ordtgnyw9s.jpg)
The first thing I did was commit to a schedule of going out 6 nights a 
week, no matter what. And when I went out, my personal rule was that I 
had to talk to at least 5 strangers. ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/2g5i1gjv2p.jpg) ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/etsj718w1k.jpg)
I remember one time walking to a group of people at a party and saying, 
“How do you know  ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/rowvy11xwv.jpg) ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/pc287z0se7.jpg)