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As a fellow introvert, this sounds insurmountably painful. How did you have something to talk about every night? How did you even find that many people to fit into a rotation like that without feeling like you were annoying them? I have so many questions. If you do write that blog post, I'd love to read it. Especially the "how."

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I think it's common to go through life thinking that the absolute worse thing you can be is annoying.

You can fear being annoying to the point of becoming mute.

If life looks very small, consider becoming slightly more annoying.

Introversion and social anxiety are two different things. I securities about how people see you are third. The original person was introvert.

People talk every day with their spouses and kids. They talk everyday with their collegues or schoolmates. They talk every day with peer group in hobby or sport if they have involved one.

My point here is not that you have to do it or everyone have to do it. But the more you are with people who communicate, the easier it is to find topics. Because it is skill learned by observation and by practicing.

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