I‘m a 17 year old male and pretty introverted. I don’t have much trouble talking to people and think my skill isn’t that bad. But that only is the case for when there is a clear topic. Else I often have trouble finding a topic to talk about. More often than not if I don’t have a specific question or something important to tell I really don’t know how to communicate with people. For me I always need a purpose in conversation, I simply find it uninteresting to just talk/banter just for the sake of talking. In general I’m rather an outsider. I like working and being focused and disciplined. If it were for me, I would just hustle all day and be happy. I don’t hang out much outside of school and seemingly to have many interests that align with those of my classmates. I want to connect more but I oftentimes just have no idea what to say to people, especially those I not really close with. It appears to me that in many situations it would be stupid for me to just start talking to someone if I don’t have a specific request or topic I can only talk to them about. Like asking something about a class I have together with a girl doesn’t present itself that often and even then it seem stupid to me that I would ask someone I don’t know that well instead of a friend I’m close with. I really have trouble understanding what is socially acceptable or unacceptable and probably misinterpreted a multitude of social clues. Have you got any advice on how to fix this problem? Thanks in advance for all your advice