Are You An Extrovert?
Most people would assume I am an extrovert. In certain situations I am very outgoing, especially around people I know well. However, when I am in a room of people I don’t know I am very quiet. Believe it or not I can almost disappear in an unfamiliar room of people. I do not go up to people and introduced myself.
I can’t explain why I am so reluctant to start conversation with people. Most of my friends would probably laugh if I said I was an introvert in a lot of situations. They see a side of me that is the opposite of introversion. In fact, at times I take extroversion a bit too far. I will say things that may be inappropriate for a particular setting. I have not been one to observe a lot of social norms. That may be why I go to the other extreme in unfamiliar settings.
I am comfortable being alone. I can spend an entire weekend by myself with no social interaction. In fact, a majority of my time outside of work is with very little social interaction.
So I have these two sides I show depending on the situation. Is one better than the other? I can’t say. I am tending more towards the introvert side as time goes on. It is a comfortable place, but is it one that expands my life? I don’t think so.
I need to get more engaged with life. It is something I will work on.
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