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Please Invade My Privacy
by Andi Lutz
Introduction
Yes, the first in the series!
If someone is reading this then that means I have to actually go out and talk to people, thanks for that. Other than forcing me to do what I don’t want to do this will not be just a boring weekly essay, this is me trying to change myself for the better. I’ve wrapped myself in a cocoon of solitude long enough that now I want to burst out and spread my wings to fly. Blah, blah, blah, fancy butterfly metaphor.
Here’s how this series works-
Each week I will force myself to socialize with a stranger, no matter what, I’m going to do it. I will feel awkward, my face will turn bright red, I might cry a little (sometimes I do that when I laugh or talk to someone, I think it’s really just my eyes watering but people think I’m crying, how embarrassing.) I will make the other person feel awkward and uncomfortable and run away from me. And each week I will post that fun interaction here for your enjoyment. Eventually, I hope that by doing this enough I will finally get the hang of it and be able to act like a normal human being, that’s it.
But wait, there’s more. Here’s my plan so far-
