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The accidental extrovert
Jun. 12th, 2010 23:14a situational extrovert?
I still and probably will always identify as an introvert. And it is still very true that I find social interaction ultimately tiring regardless of my response in the moment. But I am finding more and more that, given the right circumstances, I can be/appear to be a strong extrovert. Take my volunteer training course today. It was a topic I am familiar and enthusiastic about, teaching swimming and teaching people with disabilities. I am excited about the topics and about the opportunity, so I found myself one of 4 people in the class of 30 or so actually participating in the discussion. Part way through I actually detached from the moment a bit and said "hunh? weird". It is similar to when I am around friends that I find interesting I sometimes never seem to shut up.
Now all that said, in both cases I will needed ample downtime alone, not saying anything, to recover. With all the fun I am having this weekend, I will still be very ready to not speak on Monday, probably all day.
I still and probably will always identify as an introvert. And it is still very true that I find social interaction ultimately tiring regardless of my response in the moment. But I am finding more and more that, given the right circumstances, I can be/appear to be a strong extrovert. Take my volunteer training course today. It was a topic I am familiar and enthusiastic about, teaching swimming and teaching people with disabilities. I am excited about the topics and about the opportunity, so I found myself one of 4 people in the class of 30 or so actually participating in the discussion. Part way through I actually detached from the moment a bit and said "hunh? weird". It is similar to when I am around friends that I find interesting I sometimes never seem to shut up.
Now all that said, in both cases I will needed ample downtime alone, not saying anything, to recover. With all the fun I am having this weekend, I will still be very ready to not speak on Monday, probably all day.
