Many of us really wish we were not that anti-social back then, sometimes it's because of being mocked like you said but most times we don't want to put ourselves out there because of people's opinions.
Good advice to your younger self. And I'm glad you got back to your nerd shit the next year. I really don't get why you'd call some a nerd because he or she likes to read. We all know readers are leaders.
Yeah 👍 indeed readers are leaders. Thank you for reading about my younger "me"