Do you go out everyday?

I go out a few times a week, but I don’t really mind staying home. I can do a lot of things from home and it’s quite comfortable.

Maybe thats why I like rainy days so much, because I’m not pressured to go out.

I consider myself introverted, and I kind of have this love/hate relationship with that. Sometimes I really love being by myself and doing my own activities, but other times, I really wish I could pop out of my shell and live a little. The good news is, I’m doing more of the latter recently.

My typical week(day) usually involves a lot reading, art projects, napping, tv/movie watching, and web surfing.

Being an introverted person really isn’t all that bad if you’re happy with your lifestyle. Some people live perfectly normal lives without much human interaction, and like keeping to themselves.

Don’t worry about what other people consider to be normative. Find your own comfortable spot and enjoy it.

If you have a genuine social phobia which distresses you and interferes with your daily life, it is a simple problem to address with a competent Cognitive Behavioral Therapist.

Don’t let pejoratives define you. I can’t imagine that there is anything seriously wrong with you. You sound like a whole lot of other relatively happy people I know.

The school semester just started for me today. So I go out 4 days a week (All 4 days starting at 11am. 2 of them ending at 2pm, one ending at 12:30pm, and one ending at 4pm). Monday nights I hang out late at night (9pm till 1am roughly) with a bunch of friends at a local restaurant.
I go to the grocery store once a week for pasta roni, sandwich fixings, eggs and a few fruits.

Other than that? I stay in my house and mainly keep to myself. I don’t chat much with my roommates beyond a few sentences here and there.

But then again, whenever I’m at the computer, I’m chatting with people on fluther, on xfire, aim, msn, irc, on ventrilo, in games. It’s not exactly as if I completely shut myself out.

I barely ever go out. Chalk that up to depression.

I don’t go out much, but I attribute that to not having any money right now.

I’m fine, I feel, socially in every way except dating. I’m in two Meetup groups, I take karate, I’m in a volunteer group where I do things 3–4 times a month and I hang out with friends at least once a week. I’m at home perhaps 3 nights a week.

You have to do what you value. Personally, I can’t go out every day; I need time to de-stress alone. I need time to practice instruments or my kata or do other things that I want to do. If you’re a USian, it’s a part of the cultural myth that we’re all outgoing and gregarious when that’s not even all true. Don’t worry about how other people view your life. They’re not the final arbiters of anything, anyway. And a lot of people are faking this life-of-the-party stuff sometimes, just so you know. You may have more people on your side than you think! Just be honest. And you needn’t fear the judgement of others.

I go out everyday, and work a job that forces me to interact with the public. I work security and my job entails me to put on a friendly face for visitors and employees of the people I work for. I also get to enforce the rules, which is fun as well. :^)

I prefer solo activities, and have always suffered from social anxiety, so I know where you are coming from. I take medication (Xanax) to deal with my anxiety, and my job has really helped me to open up. It just takes practice, and little steps.

Back when I was your age, I was spending some time seeing a shrink and he gave me the task of going up to a stranger at least once a day, introducing myself, and trying to start a conversation. It really helped me get over my fear of interacting with other people.

Not too long ago, I stayed inside for more than a month. I didn’t even cross the road to get the mail out of the mailbox. Now I try to force myself out and into a public situation at least once a week. It doesn’t always happen, but… I make an effort.

I walk to work when I have it. Which is a few times (5 or more) a week. I love going out because I was a sheltered child, however, on those gloomy rainy days I love staying in.

Most days, there is pretty much no place in the entire world I’d rather be than home. I do get out every couple of days, mainly because I’ve got things I need to do. It’s a good thing too, or I’d likely become a hermit. :)

Besides work, I go out 2–3 times a week. I think of the time at home as “down time.” Besides, there’s work to be done at home.

I always go out , out on the interwebs beyond that i stay inside ALL the time and never ever go out . It is a scary place out there i will get mugged , murdered at worst i will get asked by a marketing person ” would you like to do a survey , it’ll only take a minute .

I go out several times a week. It depends on the day. Yesterday & today, I’ll stay home. I have no reason to go out. Tomorrow I work. Thursday I’ll be home, Friday, Sat. & Sunday I’ll be out. It just depends on what’s going on. I have no problem staying home. Of course it just takes one phone call from work or church to change my plans quickly. I just take one day at a time & go with the flow.

If you feel it’s a problem then it probably is. If you want to change it, then do something about it.

I don’t go out with friends often, but I go out probably every other day. I haven’t been feeling like it because it’s so damn hot…
But, I take my son to parks, the museums, to bookstores where we could hang out for hours.
If you want to start easing into it, then maybe go to the local coffee shop, bring a book or laptop and hang out for a little bit. Maybe do that once a week. You might make a friend!

I go out to work most week days. I go out shopping at least one day each weekend, and sometimes both days. It is a rare day that I can stay in the house all day. It usually happens when it’s raining and all my chores are done. Even then, I am usually interacting with others, either in person, or virtually.

I go out every single day without fail. I get anxious if I’m sitting home all day. I feel the need to always be on the go. But everyone is different. That’s just what I prefer.

I don’t go out everyday…and like you, @lostinyoureyes, I felt a bit abnormal.

And then I started reading some of the responses, and now I feel better.

See, the thing about us introverts is that you won’t see us anywhere. We don’t go out much, so most of the people you see when out are the creepy extroverts. So you feel odd.

Or at least that’s my experience.

If I was still living at home, I would probably go out everyday—I had someone to walk with, and a nice neighborhood (well-lit and everything!).

But moving to a new city, with a less-than-stellar reputation about the neighborhood, I don’t go out as much as I used to. Also, there are no (reasonably priced) stores within walking distance. If there was, I might go out more.

(Also, not going out is a good way not to be tempted by things that you don’t need—clothes, shoes, yummy chocolate truffles…)