Care and Feeding of Shira

[shadesong]

A thing you should keep in mind:

I am an introvert.

I know I look like an extrovert. Because I have to be an extrovert for my various jobs, and I am good at my jobs. Also, I took on more extrovert behaviors when I took up with Adam, because someone had to be the liaison to the outside world.

But I am not a true extrovert, and I've been able to relax back into my natural state a bit more now that Judah's part of our family.

So just keep in mind that I am actually an introvert, and factor that into your How To Deal With Shadesong metrics.

Unrelated: am currently locked out of my Gmail, grr. And just when the guys had left and I was going to have time to respond the e-mail, too.

Comments

[wednesday]

You often also look like you're trying to be an extrovert when you're extroversioning*, but my perception may be skewed by encounter context.

Me, I have no idea where on the spectrum people have me pegged if they don't know me well enough to see the introvert.

* is now a word

[theicequeen.livejournal.com]

I test 100% introvert on the Keirsey thing. But any time I say that I'm an introvert, people get very vocal about how I AM NOT and must surely not know myself well enough to talk sense. (As you can imagine, telling an introvert she doesn't know herself and you do is a hot button topic.) At least for me, the things that make me come off as extroverted probably stem from some other letters in my Keirsey code...

I'm glad that having a Judah lets you slide a bit more back into your comfort zone. I imagine it's good for mental, emotional, and physical health :)