As an introvert, I feel very misunderstood by…well everyone except other introverts. So how can introverts explain to family, friends, significant others and co-workers why we are the way we are? We aren’t weird (for the most part – HA!) It’s just who we are. But for an extrovert, we might as well have eight eyeballs growing out of our foreheads. How can we make it easier for others to understand us? Humor! Here is the first of 5 articles to help extroverts get inside our heads.
Your friends want you to go out with them this Saturday. They caught you on a good day and before you can stop yourself, you have said yes. What have you done?!! Your extrovert friends have no idea what you will go through for the next 4 days to prepare yourself for THE DAY. The struggle is real!
- Only 84 hours until the “big event”…(cries silently into pillow)
- Only 72 hours until the “big event”…What am I going to wear? Is everyone else going casual? Dressing up? I have no clothes. Oh Dear Lord, I have to go SHOPPING! (Faints at the thought)
- Down to 60 hours until the “big event”…OK, work till 4, try to leave early before the 5 pm rush hour, get to the store, browse for 2 hours because I won’t find anything I like or I will find things I like but they won’t have my size, be totally frustrated, settle on an outfit and hate it when I try it on at home. (Throws up…twice)
- 48 hours to go…Oh no, three more people have been invited, people I don’t know. They will think I’m weird! What will I say to them?! (Has insomnia and constant look of panic for next 24 hours)
- 24 hours and counting…I really can’t go. I don’t have enough money. I don’t know where to park; is there a lot? Do I have to park in the street? What if I’m the first one there? Do I wait? Get a table? What if they don’t wait and already go in and I don’t know it? I really don’t want to give anyone a ride because then I can’t slip out early. Karaoke bar? (KILL ME NOW)
- 5 hours before…I take my shower, wash my hair, dry my hair, curl my hair, hate my hair, put on makeup that I mess up 3 times, change clothes 10 times and end up wearing the first outfit, pace the floor wearing out the carpet while waiting for time to have to head out, feel like passing out. (Pray to be struck by lightening)
- 2 hours before time and phone rings…Friend has to cancel due to unforeseen plans that interfered. (Dance like no one’s watching…because no one is!!)
Hopefully this put a smile on your face, and you can share this with your family, friends and co-workers who don’t get you. They can have a laugh, and still be confused by you. Stay tuned for the next article in this series!
