I Like Talking To Random People
Alright, so this might be totally bizarre, but I'm that person who strikes up a conversation with you in the elevator. I'm the one who asks you about your day in the grocery store, or sits with you in the cafeteria at school. Seriously, though.
This past year was my first time at a four-year university. I was a transfer student as a junior going to a college three hours from my hometown. I didn't know ANYONE. I noticed at the dining hall where I ate two meals a day that there were students sitting alone at lunch and dinner. So, I decided to start sitting with random people.
There was this girl I sat with a few months ago that said, "Wow. Usually I'd be sitting here alone with no one to talk to," and that completely made my day. It made me think it's worth it...eating lunch with someone and talking to them, trying to make them smile.
I started sitting with people every day. Sure, sometimes there would be those shy ones that didn't talk much, and that's perfectly fine. But it does not discount the fact that talking to others in your daily life changes you. It changes your perspective, opens your mind, makes you more accepting of those who are different from you.
Yet other times I feel insecure. I think maybe people won't like me, and don't want me sitting with them. Maybe I don't have a cute outfit on, or I'm just not feeling it that day. Sometimes, I feel so paralyzed with fear that I just sit alone.
I'm going back to college this fall. It will be my last year *woo*
Should I continue sitting with strangers in the dining hall? Why/why not?
This past year was my first time at a four-year university. I was a transfer student as a junior going to a college three hours from my hometown. I didn't know ANYONE. I noticed at the dining hall where I ate two meals a day that there were students sitting alone at lunch and dinner. So, I decided to start sitting with random people.
There was this girl I sat with a few months ago that said, "Wow. Usually I'd be sitting here alone with no one to talk to," and that completely made my day. It made me think it's worth it...eating lunch with someone and talking to them, trying to make them smile.
I started sitting with people every day. Sure, sometimes there would be those shy ones that didn't talk much, and that's perfectly fine. But it does not discount the fact that talking to others in your daily life changes you. It changes your perspective, opens your mind, makes you more accepting of those who are different from you.
Yet other times I feel insecure. I think maybe people won't like me, and don't want me sitting with them. Maybe I don't have a cute outfit on, or I'm just not feeling it that day. Sometimes, I feel so paralyzed with fear that I just sit alone.
I'm going back to college this fall. It will be my last year *woo*
Should I continue sitting with strangers in the dining hall? Why/why not?
26-30, F
