Hi! Thank you for making it here! The fact that you are here indicates that you are willing to learn, to improve, to become a better person. This is a coveted, valuable trait that requires a lot of dedication, hard work, patience and resilience. It would be so much easier to just ignore other people, be stuck in your own ways, reject and never think about other people's criticisms, treat other people like you are above them. If you are here, however, it means that you are not like that. You want to learn, and you may or may not be running out of patience at this text telling you about yourself, so I will get straight to what I want to say:

It is important, when trying and/or acquiring new social skills/strategies, to keep in mind that you are probably not good at them. This puts you at risk of it becoming painfully obvious, ie. awkward. Especially for beginners, attempting new skills will look very plastic, inorganic