Comments on: How introverted do I want my life to be?

By: Want to guest post on IntrovertZone? — Introvert Zone

Want to guest post on IntrovertZone? — Introvert Zone — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:40:29 +0000

[...] introverts experience in a certain way compared to extroverts, I’m still pretty much stuck on figuring out exactly what I want in life. I know myself well enough to know that I don’t really “want” dozens of friends [...]

By: cb

cb — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:43:58 +0000

Thanks Lucy! It’s a question I can never answer, because there are a lot of people I really like and like to be with, but I have to pace it and space it out – yet it’s not always my choice! Sometimes people get out of the habit of inviting me if I always say no. And sometimes events are just too close together if I am invited.

By: Lucy@ Whois

Lucy@ Whois — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:05:13 +0000

“How introverted do i want my life to be?” Very great question which i never find an answer until now! Sometimes i want people to ask me to go out with them but sometimes not, but even when i don’t want to go out with them (friendly speaking) ‘m deceived that they don’t invit me…

By: cb

cb — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:22:26 +0000

Thanks Mark!

By: Mark@Friends Dating

Mark@Friends Dating — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:58:18 +0000

Great blog, It has made me realise that I need to re-evaluate my life. Thank You!

By: cb

cb — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:06:13 +0000

Definitely a question of balance, and of spending our people-energy deliberately (we hope). When I was alone a lot, either when studying for exams or later staying home with little ones, I was often very happy for the phone to ring – as long as it was a friend. I wanted to talk to and be with someone. But if I’m with others a lot – work, circumstances, whatever, then my craving is to have that alone time.

By: Matt Klein

Matt Klein — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:19:39 +0000

This post made me think a lot about the need for quiet time. In the last year I have become more of a homebody and less of a social butterfly. I believe it is a question of balance. My career requires me to see and deal with hundreds of people every week, so when weekends come around and the phone rings, I am more inclined to ignore it. But as time goes by the phone rings less and less…..do I want that?
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By: cb

cb — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:20:55 +0000

Heck me too! The written conversations are some of my best ones! Great idea playing dumb. Hahaa…you’d think surely they’d have to acknowledge then, “Well Andrew I already told you about this on IM!”

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:30:11 +0000

Ohhh…wow.

I can SO relate to getting weird looks when you refer back to an email or instant message conversation. It’s like, for them, that conversation didn’t even happen. Which is a real shame, because I value some certain email/IM exchanges just as much as the extroverts seem to value their phone conversations.

Sometimes when I’m talking to these people in person, I have to “play dumb” and bring up the same points that we’ve already discussed via IM just to avoid getting those weird looks. That drives me bonkers. Sometimes I wonder why they even have email/IM conversations if they don’t seem to ever remember them. Hell, given some of my past experiences, I’m beginning to wonder if extroverts even remember any type of conversation period.

By: cb

cb — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:21:16 +0000

Very nice! And – yes if only we could say, “I will be receiving phone calls Saturday from 11 am until noon,” like a formal thing from the past. We’d be ready, not in the middle of something, and halfway alert and receptive!