«
»

“Hell is other people at breakfast.”

While deleting old email, I found this article, Caring For Your Introvert. What a great piece! Most people in my life are not overbearing and respect my need for personal time (or maybe I just hang out with busy people so it all works out). And I've gotten better at dealing with the general public since I do so many volunteer shifts. But this is great:
Remember, someone you know, respect, and interact with every day is an introvert, and you are probably driving this person nuts.

This entry was posted on Monday, July 21st, 2008 at 11:34 AM and is filed under General, Social commentary/rants. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

7 Responses to ““Hell is other people at breakfast.””

  1. Mom Says:
    July 22nd, 2008 at 10:14 AM

    I loved that article! Fortunately for us, most of the family are introverts. The nice thing is that we don’t argue with anyone. It takes too much talk to argue and disturbs our peace. We have, however, taken eye-rolling to an art form.
    Too bad an “Introvert Revolution” can’t happen. Besides being oxymoronic in concept, we introverts would rather stay at home and just think about how nice and quiet and peaceful it would be if we ruled the world.

  2. PastaQueen Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:55 PM

    I love that article too. It reminds me that I’ve been meaning to read the book “The Introvert’s Advantage.”

  3. TMC Says:
    August 5th, 2008 at 2:32 PM

    Really good stuff, that.
    I’ve linked to you. Hope you don’t mind. :)

    http://returntorural.blogspot.com/2008/08/frickin-brilliant.html

  4. Kirsten Says:
    August 11th, 2008 at 2:52 PM

    Love this. Have you MBTI’ed it up before? I’m an INFJ, which means that I act like an extrovert sometimes but am always really an introvert. But I married an INTP, which means that he needs extra introvert inattention.

  5. Amy Says:
    August 11th, 2008 at 4:01 PM

    I’m INTJ, and isn’t it amazing when you read the blog of a person with same/similar type and think wow, I could’ve written that? There’s an affinity group of sorts on NaBloPoMo for INTJs which I’ve enjoyed browsing.

    I struggle w/my S.O.’s need for approval and praise, something that my type doesn’t need or want so much. It’s amazing what you can learn about another person by their typing.

  6. Amy’s Gripping Commentary » Lack of insight Says:
    May 7th, 2009 at 1:00 AM

    [...] the past, most more painful than this one, and I attribute the lessened pain to the fact that while I’m an introvert, I’ve developed skills over the years to help me work pretty well with people. (Also, this [...]

  7. Amy’s Gripping Commentary » Get your grump on Says:
    April 1st, 2010 at 11:54 AM

    [...] woke up that way and I’m not fighting it today. Please review the best introvert article ever as detailed here. My energy has been sapped from dealing with people (none of whom are in any way close to me) and [...]

Leave a Reply