One of the first lessons that you will learn in college is that while your degree may be valuable, networking is crucial for creating connections and landing a decent job. While the most of the population would jump at the idea of being able to meet new people, to you, the idea of having to step outside of your comfort zone and sell yourself to a group of individuals that you have never met is terrifying.

As you continue your journey through life, it will slowly hit you that as an introvert, you fall into the minority that is forced to live within a socially charged and dynamic world of extroverts.

While everyone else will be counting down the days until the weekend so that they can have a night out with their friends or attend an event on campus, you will be looking forward to lying in bed and watching a movie or getting lost in your favorite book.

When you go on interviews for different positions, you will cite your reserved manner as one of your weaknesses and wish that you could feed off of the energy of other people rather than becoming drained by it. As you are trying to find a sense of who you are as a person and what you value, you will ultimately question your relation to the community around you and whether you are even capable of making an impact.

In a lot of ways, you will live your life differently than your friends, but it is important to know that there's nothing wrong with that. It is the diversity of identities, of backgrounds and personalities that make a society successful and functional; if everyone was exactly the same, our world would lack both creativity and innovation.

While you may feel alone at times, just know that some of the most revered and successful people in history were introverts, such as Albert Einstein, JK Rowling and even Barack Obama. These individuals are trendsetters and revolutionaries and defy any stereotypes that people may associate with introverts.

Take pride in your personality. The world could use more people like you.