How To Survive In College When You Are An Introvert

How to survive in college when you're an introvert. Here I will show you how I tackled all of the things that you still face at present.

How To Survive In College When You Are An Introvert

As you know that I'm an introvert. 

No that doesn't mean I'm anti-social, hate people. 

It doesn't mean that at all.

It just means that I like being by myself sometimes. 

For me, one of the scariest things about going to college is having that being taken away from me because I felt like I would be going into an environment where I'd be constantly surrounded by people and that alone time would just disappear.

Now I'm done and still alive...somehow.

I'm going to share this survival guide with you.

One thing that scares people the most introvert or extrovert is meeting new people and making new friends. 

You can't sit with us.

Yeah, going into an environment alone is super scary.

Even right now, I don't do things just because I don't have someone to go with me or I don't have someone to do them with.

I think the thing that really helped me was that instead of focusing on college as Oh i need to make new friends or meet new people.

I focused on it as being something that would help me grow as a person.

Taking classes. Traveling. Experiencing the outdoors. 

Joining a lot of clubs or things that I would never do back home and when you focus it as something that will help you develop as a person.

When you join these clubs or take these classes, you meet like minded people and the conversations just happen naturally whether you're asking for notes or asking hey did you go to the last trip?

Another concern I had was moving away from home and living with strangers I don't know.

As I said before, I'm really used to having my own room and not sharing it at all because I am such an independent person and having that taken away from me sucks. I like my space.

One thing to keep in mind is the room is your roommate's just as much as it is yours. 

Both of you just have to try to compromise and adapt to each other's lifestyle.

2 things that really helped me with this are ear plugs and an eye mask. 

I'm a really light sleeper so I hate noise and light. My roommates alarm clock just went on and on.

She didn't wake up. What the hell? Just having both those things really helps.

In the end, I think living with another person, a stranger that you don't know really helps you grow as a person.

You are going to be put in these situations where you have to work with people or when you get married you're going to have to live with someone.

Tip about sharing a room. 

Even though you're an introvert, don't stay in your room all day.





Like I said before the room is yours just as much as it is your roommate's.

If they're an introvert or an extrovert, they need alone time too.

Third topic. Dating. Okay trust me. 

Everyone is lonely and desperate.

You're going to get a date at least once.

I didn't get this much action in high school.

This last topic is something you should keep in mind so that you can be prepared.

I kid you not, at the start of almost every class there will be an ice breaker.

So here are some common questions you can be prepared for. 

What's your major, why did you choose that major, what's something interesting about yourself, where are you from, why did you choose this school.

 So yeah. If you're an introvert and you're really scared and anxious about college.

Seriously don't even worry about it if you keep those survival tips in mind you'll do fine.

I promise you, you're going to be okay. Question of the day. Are you an introvert or are you an extrovert? How has this affected you? Do you make friends easily?