I am an introvert. People are hard. I like being around them, but
man do extroverts zap my energy. Small doses of people work best for me.
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ysabetwordsmith shared a few graphics about introverts that I feel described me pretty well.
I also recently took the Myers-Briggs personality test. I am mostly an ISTJ type (Introverted-Sensing-Thinking-Judging), though I do find a few similarities in other types.
Take the test to find out what personality type you are. For me, this means I am introverted person that mainly relies on facts and things I can sense (hear, see, smell, etc.) around me to make my decisions. I make decisions based more on logic than on feeling and my interpersonal skills really aren't very high; my intuition kind of sucks.
Knowing this about my self doesn't really change anything but it sure makes a lot of things make a whole lot more sense. I'm also pretty sure most of my family are extroverts and different personality types than me, so it takes a lot of effort to interact with them sometimes. I like my family but it seems like all the work falls on me to understand them and modify my behaviour to make them comfortable rather than meeting each other half way. I'm sure it doesn't help that I'm not a very assertive person and I like pleasing others.
On the plus side, knowing all of this lets me make better decisions and seek out resources that will help me shore up the weak areas. I'm hoping knowing a bit more about myself and some of my innate tendencies will make it easier going forward. Being more comfortable with myself will make it much easier to stand my ground against others and not care so much about what they think. (I hope.)
