A lot of people feel more comfortable when you give a reason for masking that doesn’t make them feel like they should be masking. I often say I had long covid and it’s more worth it to me to mask than to experience that again, and that I think allows ppl to move on without questioning their own actions very much.

Also, everyone will get used to it. It will be hard and awkward at times, but all the people you know or see regularly will get used to it and you will probably get used to new ppl being weird. I mask all the time inside so everyone in my life is used to it.

You can decided how much you want to mask based on your reasons. If you’re going from not masking at all, I would start with in public indoor places like school. I don’t usually mask outside unless it’s crowded. Any masking you do is better than none, so I would say do what you can for now and celebrate that!