I figured this out recently! Visit all of the Board Games shops and card game shops in your town and find a group that meets publicly and plays board games.
If you don’t like Board Games, go do an outdoor hobby like disc golf and join other groups.
The board game meet ups have been fantastic because you can just focus on the board game and you don’t have to get a bunch of anxiety trying to come up with small talk. It can just happen organically overtime at your comfort level.
Even ignoring my intense social anxiety, where and how do I even meet people who arent gonna be awful? I cant figure it out
There is always the risk of awful people, but doing something with people who have shared interests is a great start.
I figured this out recently! Visit all of the Board Games shops and card game shops in your town and find a group that meets publicly and plays board games.
If you don’t like Board Games, go do an outdoor hobby like disc golf and join other groups.
The board game meet ups have been fantastic because you can just focus on the board game and you don’t have to get a bunch of anxiety trying to come up with small talk. It can just happen organically overtime at your comfort level.
Birdwatching.