If I earned a dollar for every single time in my life that people have told me, “Why are you so quiet?” I would probably be able to pay my college tuition. Most people have always described me as shy or reserved since I was a child. I always had a not so good first impression when meeting new people, constantly making me feel like a coward. I always felt like a deer in headlights when a person would introduce themselves to me, and I would slightly present myself to them after an awkward silence. In hindsight, I regret taking my parents’ advice of “don’t talk to strangers” a little too seriously, but at least I had no distractions from reaching any goals I set for myself. This behavior occurred throughout my first few years of grade school,
