As I post this it is currently Sunday Funday! Yea….not so much I actually work my part time job on Sundays. So while I do generally enjoy it and it’s pretty easy. But its just annoying. Annoying sometimes to have to get up and go to work. Annoying that I don’t make enough money in my demanding full time job that I have to work part time. But then I remind myself, that without the extra money I wouldn’t be able to do the adventures that I do and I know there are people far worse off than me and I am blessed to have this job and extra spending money. So I have this ongoing monologue in my head but by the time I get there it all goes away and I am glad to be on my “routine”. It is the first day of fall too, very pretty out and so much better things to do than be here at work…. I think to its only bad when there is something else going on, or if I am tired. Plus I haven’t worked my part time job 2 weeks so that always makes it difficult to go back!
I am a big routine person. I am trying to be more spontaneous, but I struggle with it. I will be honest. It doesn’t come easy. But I almost always am glad after I have been spontaneous, so it makes it easier each time.
So in the last few weeks I have come to the realization that I am an introvert. People around me laugh at me when I tell them that, and only a few really get it. I think the few that get it is because they know me and the real definition of introversion. I think that is something that is misunderstood. Below are a few links to help understand introversion more.
I know I identify with the fact that I like to write, I enjoy being around people and being social, but it also wipes me out and I need recharge time. I know that I really am not a big fan of networking and small talk. Below points….Spot on for me.
- Very self-aware
- Thoughtful
- Enjoys understanding details
- Interested in self-knowledge and self-understanding
- Quiet and reserved in large groups or around unfamiliar people (but this doesn’t mean I am shy! See next one )
- More sociable and gregarious around people they know well. (I think this is why people don’t think I am introvert because this is what the stereotypical extrovert is know as.)
Something else I stumbled across when I was “googling” introversion, was that Virgo‘s tend to be an introverted sign. I thought that was pretty cool too. They are a negative sign (not in the traditional definition of negative, but more having to do with opposites), and that really hit home. Especially when I read other signs and their introversion/extroversion level and considered other people in my life that I know and how I would define them.
Identifying with being an Introvert was very empowering for me. It helped me understand myself even more. Now I am not necessarily a fan of labeling people or myself, and I don’t necessarily think that there is a one size fits all for anything. But Identifying the characteristics opened up a lot of knowledge and empowerment about why I am the way I am and do the things I do and struggle with the things I struggle with.
The more you understand something the easier it is to kick its ass! So the more I know about myself the easier it is to be awesome! 
Related articles –
- The Science of What Makes an Introvert and an Extrovert (2eyeswatching.com)
- Rethinking Introversion & Extroversion (momshar.com)
- Permission to be an introvert (junidesiree.com)
- Caring for Your Introvert (imindful.wordpress.com)
- I’m an Introvert (stillwatersinc.wordpress.com)
- The Science of What Makes an Introvert and an Extrovert (io9.com)
- For My Fellow Introverts… (chasingskinnyblog.com)
- Introverts: A Field Guide. (elephantjournal.com)
- Difference between introverted and shy people (jeeheeyoulee1109.wordpress.com)
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