So! Two days later i am finally commenting on this (let's see if i can manage to finish it before the end of the day before having it turn into 3 days ;P)
What i mainly wanted to respond to was the Introvert/Extrovert thingy...
So, I am an introvert. This may be confusing to some of you, as I am generally very outgoing and enthusiastic. I talk a lot, and make new friends relatively easily, and can get along in a wide assortment of different groups. One might even call me "gregarious". And they would be correct, I am absolutely a gregarious person. So how on earth could I also be an introvert?
Alternatively, i am a shy & socially awkward (till i warm up, Mostly) Extrovert. For years i thought i was an introvert because of those misapplied definitions but now i see very clearly otherwise.
i definitely get recharged by being With People (in a positive way). When i am down/low energy the best way to perk me up (next to pumping Dr. Pepper into me >.>) is to take me out to hang out with like-minded people. W got that and started dragging me out to the Farmers Market again, where i inevitably run into the handful of local people that i actually know/like/have things in common with. (My sister non-withstanding, but on higher ground than W's dad whom we've also run into there ;D)
My weekly knit group meeting has been a lifesaver for my mood for quite some time now (though, i frequently crash after one of those but I think that has more to do with the fact that i am no longer with them than it does from being drained *by* being with them)
And then just this past Sunday when a bunch of us went to the fiber festival and i not only hung out with them but i also got to interact with many like-minded people (including that one chick who glee'd on my bag, declared us soulmates, and stated that geek knitters were the best kind :D)
And so on...
For further pondering on my state of Extrovertnesses and how i seem to attract Introverts, you may have missed this entry... i am now realizing it was sort of a sideways How to Interact with Harena Manual, itself.. it explains a bit on how/why i react the way i do a lot of the time (i still haven't found satisfactory answers to the questions i posed there, either :/), though it largely angst about what the heck is wrong with me ;P
Soyar, i'm glad for this entry.. i need to read it over & over again so i can make sure i'm doing things Right. (by the by, i LOVE getting surprise visits.. i never actually get them, but i know i'd love them, i just do. (this was totally not a hint, nope >.>))
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on 2011-09-26 05:39 pm (UTC)What i mainly wanted to respond to was the Introvert/Extrovert thingy...
So, I am an introvert. This may be confusing to some of you, as I am generally very outgoing and enthusiastic. I talk a lot, and make new friends relatively easily, and can get along in a wide assortment of different groups. One might even call me "gregarious". And they would be correct, I am absolutely a gregarious person. So how on earth could I also be an introvert?
Alternatively, i am a shy & socially awkward (till i warm up, Mostly) Extrovert. For years i thought i was an introvert because of those misapplied definitions but now i see very clearly otherwise.
i definitely get recharged by being With People (in a positive way). When i am down/low energy the best way to perk me up (next to pumping Dr. Pepper into me >.>) is to take me out to hang out with like-minded people. W got that and started dragging me out to the Farmers Market again, where i inevitably run into the handful of local people that i actually know/like/have things in common with. (My sister non-withstanding, but on higher ground than W's dad whom we've also run into there ;D)
My weekly knit group meeting has been a lifesaver for my mood for quite some time now (though, i frequently crash after one of those but I think that has more to do with the fact that i am no longer with them than it does from being drained *by* being with them)
And then just this past Sunday when a bunch of us went to the fiber festival and i not only hung out with them but i also got to interact with many like-minded people (including that one chick who glee'd on my bag, declared us soulmates, and stated that geek knitters were the best kind :D)
And so on...
For further pondering on my state of Extrovertnesses and how i seem to attract Introverts, you may have missed this entry... i am now realizing it was sort of a sideways How to Interact with Harena Manual, itself.. it explains a bit on how/why i react the way i do a lot of the time (i still haven't found satisfactory answers to the questions i posed there, either :/), though it largely angst about what the heck is wrong with me ;P
Soyar, i'm glad for this entry.. i need to read it over & over again so i can make sure i'm doing things Right. (by the by, i LOVE getting surprise visits.. i never actually get them, but i know i'd love them, i just do.
(this was totally not a hint, nope >.>))