I have a secret dream: to be an extrovert.
Though I've been told I'm loud, outgoing, not afraid of speaking in front of people, and love spontaneously hanging out with friends any night of the week, I have a dark secret.
At the end of the night, I come home--exhausted as if from a day at work--collapse on the couch or bed and can barely even simple venture conversation with my own husband.
Uh-oh, that's right, you guessed it: I'm an introvert.
I'm actually a borderline introvert/extrovert according to the Myers-Briggs, alternating between INFP and ENFP (sidebar: what are you? I'd be fascinated to find out).
Despite my best attempts to be a social butterfly--and that I've fought labels ever since college--the fact that I've been out 6 nights out of 7 and spent the entire weekend w/friends and now feel like I'm recovering from stomach flu rather than a wedding/shower/boat trip makes me feel unapologetic malaise.
But, I like to remember how Christ left his friends to spend time alone at Gesthemane. Then it makes me feel like maybe I'm not completely alone in my divided desire for both fellowship and alone time.
The Internet has forever altered what it means to be introverted.
Aren't blogs great?
Though I've been told I'm loud, outgoing, not afraid of speaking in front of people, and love spontaneously hanging out with friends any night of the week, I have a dark secret.
At the end of the night, I come home--exhausted as if from a day at work--collapse on the couch or bed and can barely even simple venture conversation with my own husband.
Uh-oh, that's right, you guessed it: I'm an introvert.
I'm actually a borderline introvert/extrovert according to the Myers-Briggs, alternating between INFP and ENFP (sidebar: what are you? I'd be fascinated to find out).
Despite my best attempts to be a social butterfly--and that I've fought labels ever since college--the fact that I've been out 6 nights out of 7 and spent the entire weekend w/friends and now feel like I'm recovering from stomach flu rather than a wedding/shower/boat trip makes me feel unapologetic malaise.
But, I like to remember how Christ left his friends to spend time alone at Gesthemane. Then it makes me feel like maybe I'm not completely alone in my divided desire for both fellowship and alone time.
The Internet has forever altered what it means to be introverted.
Aren't blogs great?
posted by Uhmanduh at
8:33 PM
2 Comments:
i'm a borderline I/E too! I always say i'm an introvert with extrovert tendencies. hehe
i think i'm INSP ... it's been a long time since i took it though. and maybe i'm just thinking for the inspirational network.
You can't tell on my post, but you can click on "Myers-Briggs" and take a shorter version of the Jungian test.
You could not be NS, as they are one scale. You would have to be INFP or INTP (feeler vs. thinker), or ISFP/ISTP/INFP/INTP--the possibilities are endless!
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