I love that my friend Andrea, who knows me well, brought this article to my attention recently. I recognized myself in every example. Definitely a must read for anyone who is an introvert–or who knows and loves one. 🙂
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Oh I have seen myself in all these scenarios. Never realized how we naturally search for those ways to avoid small talk.
I know! I was kind of surprised, too. And of course I read the article just after I’d been to a gathering where I’d done almost all of them! 🙂
You know I think many people I know wouldn’t peg me as an introvert but I get the whole energy management and the article felt really familiar. Thanks for sharing.
~ Wendy
You are welcome! It helps, sometimes, to understand why we do what we do, doesn’t it?
I think most people start out nlaarulty shy, somewhat introverted, at first. I have met a few little kids who were nlaarulty outgoing at a young age, but only s handful come to mind. On my own Myers/Briggs evaluation, I scored 1 point into the extrovert category. I think this means I am actually an introvert who has learned some of the benefits of getting outside my comfort zone. I do it to make a living; I do it to help others; and after years and years of practice, yes, I now do it because I enjoy it. I think it’s sort of like skiing. The first time on the slopes, I had natural fear. I sort of hung back a bit. And fearing falling, guess what happened. I fell. But when I got confident about myself, I decided to just go for it. And I learned to ski. There are some introverts who actually never come out of their comfort zones. I know a few, and believe their lives are poorer for it.
I honestly do not know whether I’m an introvert or extrovert…but that article definitely made me smile. Even if I’m not a full-blown introvert, I definitely have my introvert days. 🙂
Ha! And I’m trying to learn to have a few extrovert days. 🙂