Hey so due to the current climate most of my friends have left the city. I am in a major market so it's easy for me to go out alone and start conversations with random girls yet I feel I am coming off too needy as the truth is I am very lonely due to months of isolation and when I get in a halfway decent conversation I tend to stay in it longer then I should.

My most successful interactions in the past have been when we speak for maybe 5 min or less then I have some excuse of why I need to leave, get the # and go. I have found my limited socializing has caused this lack of confidence to a point where a girl tonight called me out for not being confident after we had an awkward silence and I called it out.

What are some good methods to get in a better mental state and excuses to leave a conversation even when I have no agenda for that time other then walking around X area and trying to pickup?