A diversion from writing
I started this as an FB post but it's starting to look too long for it.
I have concluded that my recent funk of the last few weeks boils down to one thing: I am not an introvert. Not the election, not a family member's illness, or another family member's death, though those events have fed it. No, I just need to be around people sometimes, and ( Read more... )
I have concluded that my recent funk of the last few weeks boils down to one thing: I am not an introvert. Not the election, not a family member's illness, or another family member's death, though those events have fed it. No, I just need to be around people sometimes, and ( Read more... )
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https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/dp/0307352153/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483502135&sr=8-1&keywords=susan+cain
Anyway, I'm fine by myself as long as I have the voices of others to hear (i.e., I've got books to read)
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Yes, I love my reading time too. I may be on the extrovert side of the scale, but pretty close to the center of the intro/extro spectrum. After a while, i need someone to talk to, which drives my very introverted wife up the wall.
When I was at an impromptu happy hour in Portland (ME) with a former co-worker last week (she was visiting from the West Coast), she said to thank my wife for lending me to her. I said "I think she was looking forward to getting me out of the house. It's been 4 days trapped with me."
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