Introvert/extrovert/ambivert

You do you, boo

Today, write about how introvert/extrovert manifests for you. Do you feel like you’re one way but perceived to be another? Do you feel like a combination of the two? Do you reject the labels entirely? Let’s go there.

My plan today: I will be writing about how those two words are so misused, colloquially used as stand-ins for shy/outgoing. But, it’s about what depletes you and what fills you up. I’m an introvert in that my batteries get recharged by quiet time to myself to contemplate and depleted by lots of socializing and feeling like I need to be “on.” But, I’m also confident and outgoing and am not afraid to strike up a conversation with someone. Yet, I have a friend who cannot be alone with her thoughts, and processes her ideas and feelings by talking to others about them, and would rather poke herself in the eye than strike up a conversation with a stranger. It all shows up how it shows up for each of us.

Write about whatever aspect of it speaks to you.