You just have to find your crowd. The ones that accept you for who you are and realize that you are not going to go out all of the time, and you won’t be rowdy or spontaneous too often.

You do need to make some social connections to be successful, so you do have to be a bit sociable and know how to communicate efficiently, but you don’t have to party all the time and participate in gossip circles and what not. Just imagine your children not having any friends and not being able to help them make friends. It’s better that they know how to make friends, but also have the choice to play by themselves.

So it’s okay to be an introvert, just not a recluse.