Improve my social life

Last week, a couple of things got cancelled. :-( However, I did manage to have dinner with a friend, take dinner to another friends house (she just had a baby), AND go back to visit the mother and baby another time.

This week (so far), I went to a program at the school – dinner prepared and served by the students accompanied my music and a play performed by other students. A delightful evening. I might go to the track meet tomorrow. It just depends.

to do one new social activity a week. By new I mean something I don’t already do as a matter of course, i.e., church women’s meeting, tacos at the Heidi, dinner at the corner with my neighbor, etc.

However, we do have a new activity at church on Sunday nights (that started when I was in Seattle), that I haven’t gone to yet. So I think that should count as new, and I’m going to plan on going this weekend.

I don’t have any idea what kind of other things I’m going to come up with, my choices are kind of limited here, at least at first thought. It will be a challenge to try to come up with something outside of my “box”.

At first I started to adopt the “be more social” goal, then realized that this goal is more in tune with what I need. The problem isn’t being social – I’ve definitely got that one down pat. What I need is to get more of a social life. The introvert side of me (yes, there is one) finds it much to easy to stay hidden away in my house and do my socializing via phone, Internet, etc., or else just poke my head out long enough for people to know I’m alive, rather than getting out and about – socializing in person and having some FUN.

I made a commitment today to myself (and my therapist) that I am going to start doing this more, starting with this weekend. So, either tonight (New Year’s Eve) or some time this weekend I am going to make a point of doing something. We’ll see what I come up with.