Your quirks are what people will miss when you’re not in the room.

Nobody misses the parts of you that were built to blend. What people remember is specific: the way you say one particular word, the thing you always bring up, the laugh somebody once told you was too loud. Those are the handholds other people actually grab. They are also, usually, the exact parts you have considered sanding off.

Notice this week which of your habits you apologize for. Pick one and stop apologizing. The people around you almost certainly filed it under what they like about you a long time ago.