It’s always fun to learn things about yourself later than you’d think you would. I’ve always been seen as super charismatic & outgoing & extroverted but deep down that stuff killed me, drained me. But I was good at it! And so even when I’d explain that it exhausted me I’d be met with a “There’s no way, it seems natural.”
I love alone time, I love being with myself, I love introspection & self-investigations. And it turns out that there is a word for that: Introvirtuous.
After spending most of my life in leadership roles, being put at the forefront of groups + dynamics, having to accept the “dad” title in the friend group it makes sense. There’s a way for me to be introverted and still accept that when it’s necessary, I will step up to be the guy at the front. And then I’ll go home and cry. But damn it, that performance while I’m at the front??? Incredible.
