I just say yes to things.

Pretty much every time someone asks me to attend a social occasion, I just say yes (aside from festivals).

At the time of them asking I feel almost repulsed by the idea of doing said thing and if I listened to myself I’d never do anything. I would never have gone on holiday with my friends multiple times, would have turned down weddings, would not be in a relationship, probably wouldn’t have friends.

But by saying yes and just committing, I end up forcing myself to do these things and because of that I’m able to socialise. The time periods where I’ve not forced myself my social skills fell off a cliff and it became way more taxing to be around people.

There has been lots of downsides to this approach, but I see it all as practice basically.