Hi Shelby, I know exactly what you mean!  It certainly takes a lot of courage to take that first step and meet people who talk the language you are learning!

My ultimate out-of-comfort-zone experience would be going to a language learning / exchange Meetup (at a cafe or bar or someplace like that where these meetings usually happen). I keep dreaming about doing that, but shyness gets in the way. As for what I have done lately - probably just talking out loud in English online!