How to Never Feel out of Place

The magic words are super simple: How can I help?

Good morning!

Have you ever felt totally out of place?

Depending on how often you go to new environments, it might happen all the time. You go to an event where you only know one person, you find yourself in a crowd without a sense of purpose, or you simply have no idea why you are where you are.

In the past few months, I’ve introduced myself to several totally brand new environments, and I came up with one strategy that has helped me never feel out of place.

It’s simply this: find the hardest-working person in the room (they’re typically easy to spot) and ask them, “How can I help?”

Whether you’re going to a brand new church where you don’t know a single soul, or you’re invited to a party full of strangers or a wedding where you only know the bride or groom, in my experience, this is hands-down the best way to never feel out of place.

And, I mean, listen; you don’t have to be a fully extroverted social butterfly and befriend everyone at the event. If your goal is simply to not feel out of place, find the hardest-working person in the room and ask them how you can help.

Unless everything is already set up and they themselves are resting, they will very likely take you up on your offer and give you something to do (in some cases you might have to insist you want to help).

Although I will admit that I’ve turned into quite the social butterfly these past few months, I can honestly tell you, employing this simple strategy has helped me not feel out of place at either my new job or my new church, and it’s definitely helped boost my confidence.

Maybe give it a try sometime?

God bless you, here’s to having a great rest to your week! (P.S. Please let me know how I could best partner with you in prayer, I would love to pray for you.)

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