Are you an innie or an outie

I am an introvert. My brother is an extrovert. Most of my friends have been extroverts.

If you're an introvert, people exhaust you. If you're an extrovert, people stimulate you. Picture yourself as a bucket of energy. If you're an innie, every time you have to interact with a person in a non essential way, it empties a little energy out of your bucket. If you're an outie and you have to interact with any person, for any reason, your bucket fills up a little!

I wish they talked more about that when I was young. I think it would have helped me out a lot! Most people, before they got to know me, thought I was stuck-up because I didn't talk to them. If I had known I was an introvert, I think I could've adjusted better.

Yesterday, the board meeting I had to set up took place. 35 board members and another 40+ in the gallery. I'm responsible for signing them all in, which means I have to speak to all of them. I'm also responsible for taking the minutes, ordering lunch, passing out printed materials, etc. From start to finish, it's about 4 hours for me. By the time I get home, I'm exhausted and have used up all my words. Whew. 

I'm pretty sure that I could be completely alone for days and days before I felt like I needed some kind of social interaction. My brother? Well, he could be completely alone for a day, maybe.

I wonder why we're different, innies and outies. I wonder if parents pay more attention to that these days. You know, if you knew your kid was an introvert, you could help them find their way a little better. Extroverts probably don't need help, except for learning how to turn it down a notch. :-) 

So interesting.