<human>: Can you provide a brief rundown of the text in within 3 sentences?

So I'm a guy in my mid twenties and I'd like to date someone seriously-ish eventually.

Right now, I'm pretty socially isolated, so I'm open to both meeting people platonically or romantically (preferably a bit of both).  I've never really been good at meeting women romantically, they've always approached me (though that hasn't happened for the past few years now) and I don't know how to turn a stranger into a potential date very well.

I'm also a bit socially isolated. I'm working on a grad degree now and I'm pretty late in my program, meaning there aren't a lot of friends or common interests through work, and absolutely no romantic ones.

So I'm sort of left to strike it out on my own. I do have a few friends who are pretty good, but they're all fairly quiet socially and keep to themselves, the idea of going out and meeting people isn't something they're into. By contrast, I've always felt more outgoing socially but am sort of at a loss for how to start.

I'm kind of limited on money, but have a decent amount of time: every day when I come home I can work more or hang out places, and I'm honestly not sure what to do! Ha..

I've been trying meetup groups but haven't really been able to find any groups I feel very natural in. I keep pushing myself to try to get out there and push myself out of my comfort zone, because I know I should do that, but I keep feeling like I'm drawing a blank.
<bot>: single guy, most of my friends have moved or married off and I'm fairly alone on my weeknights. Would like to meet someone romantically or otherwise but not sure how to begin