A warm welcome to you Bronson :)

A few years ago I also had the same desire. Arguably, I guess I can say I have manifested it! And ironically, the only reason I have noticed my situation is because I read your question!

My honest, most truthful answer is that being popular is based on your own perception. In fact, what does "being popular" even mean in it's best defined sense? I say that it's more of a case about acknowledging your own self worth; try asking why you want to be popular (when you're in a relaxed state) for some insight.

I feel tempted to ramble on about the whys and guidelines and all sorts of other things that don't go straight to your question. I've asked questions on IQ before (waaaay back when I joined) that, observationally speaking, other people haven't answered properly. Today I'll fix you up with my folk wisdom all about being popular.

To brighten up a room when you walk into it, all you really need to do is to get sufficient elecricity (literally) flowing through your body. How? It's the answer to everything- FEEL GOOD! You need to be in a state not where you feel calm, or cool, or relaxed and chilled; you need to be in a state in which you find it challenging to not smile authentically. Through analysis of yourself and life experience, you'll be able to become more sensitive to when you're genuienly feeling good and when you're unconsciously faking it. And the phrase "brighten up a room" means just that- you need to be have an overflow of volts roaring inside you as a unique individual light bulb, so when you do become present around other people, they will immediatly feel your happiness and good vibes.

For clarification, "making friends with everyone", even in your own small world context, just doesn't happen. What happens is that you shift into a reality in which you only have friends and aquantances (spelling) on good terms. You won't notice your lack of friends, but you'll notice how you are just friendly and cheerful with all. On the odd encounter you do bump across someone who doesn't fit that mark as personal material, you won't beat yourself up about it; you'll accept that they are going through their own challenges, and you won't serve them by becoming their doormat, or becoming you imagine they would like, or changing your personality or standards merely just to please them.

You'll find people are attracted to like things. "I want people to be attracted to me"...Well, that's already happening, but perhaps you'd just love to attract people who fit your preferecne more; good feeling people instead of bad ones. You can only attract feelings and vibrations; attracting "people" doesn't happen, rather, what happens is that you attract the feelings out of that person. This explains why someone can be rude to one person, but a total good samaritan and friendly soul to another.

"I want a girlfriend." A happy, blissful, romantic relationship always starts with yourself. In new age context, you'll hear this sort of thing everything about loving yourself, and it's true. To love yourself, understand everyone else and everything else in your outer life is a reflection if you. This trick is this: LOVE ALL OF IT. And the most, shall we say, quickest or sly trick in realising this way to do this, is to just merely have acceptance for all that is; good or bad, whatever happens, fall in love with it. If something terrible goes to plan, fall in love with it. You cannot attract a reflection of yourself (a girlfriend) without first falling in love with the hot man in the mirror.

I found this video of channeled material to be of a blessing eye opener:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAFOlubvMNU

And Bashar really slapped some sense into me,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2pjHXZZukc

Having said all of this, the only reason you want to become popular, the only reaosn you want a girlfriend, the only reason you want to become a happy magnet is this: it acts as an excuse to feel better.

Everything in life is in perfect order. You'll discover whatever information you need to when it is most appropriate for you mate. I wish you all this absolute merry best :)