Be someone you’d want to hang around with – Daily Dose of Dawn #36

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Be someone you’d want to hang around with – Daily Dose of Dawn # 36

I didn’t have real friends until I was in my 40s… Starting out in a small town with poor social skills – the 14 kids in my class didn’t like me – I was annoying.

The thing about being annoying is, no one ever sits you down and says, “Dude! You’re annoying! You do this ___ and you shouldn’t cuz ___. They don’t – they just don’t hang out with you any more.

That’s what would happen to me over and over and over.

Add in neurodivergence, drama, trauma… Oversharing, talking over people, not letting others talk, getting sucked into gossip - I was a dumpster fire rolling down a hill.

The good news is, it doesn’t matter how socially inept you are now, you can change – if you want to.

Boundaries are the magic of social skills. All those things I mentioned are lack of boundaries with yourself. You can teach an old adult new tricks.

Paying attention to social cues, learning what those are if you need to. Studying friendship etiquette like Miss Manners. Reading books like Emotional Intelligence. They all helped me understand my role better.

When I would be interacting with people, I would tell myself – be someone you’d want to hang around with – to help me remember who I want to be in that moment.

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