Lately my friends and I have been talking about comfort zones, we all have them, it's quite easy to fall into a routine and not want to see what's out there, it makes us feel safe and we almost create this environment in which we feel comfortable in, and living in a bubble you get to ignore a lot of things.
For us, a common topic is people, more often than not you only get to talk with people you know and feel comfortable around, if you are in a crowd you avoid meeting the person next to you because you may either feel weird doing or feel like it's unnecessary, we want them to take the first step.
We all have been there, meeting new people is hard, we all get nervous, but once you break the ice that first time it's quite easy to keep going if the relationship (either friendship or something else) it's meant to be, you either instantly click or you don't, there are no inbetweens. When you click with someone, you can feel it, the conversation flows without pressure, the nervousness goes quite quickly and all that's left is a nice talk.
Of course you are not going to be able to have that connexion with every single person, but you never know until you bite that bullet and realise that although it's hard, it's also worthy, you can really get to meet amazing people in the craziest situations and you won't regret it.
I'm writing this to myself and to everyone out there that's scared of meeting new people, one thing I've learn in this past few days is that even when it's hard, it will always be worthy talking with that person you feel curious about, you may get to know your soulmate, a crush or even a good friend that will stay with you forever, you'll never know until you do it.