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Wednesday, September 17, 2014
...because I rant not, neither rave of what I feel, can you be so shallow as to dream that I feel nothing? ”
“I was the nicest person you'd ever want to know," Alex recalls, "but the world wasn't that way. The problem was that if you were just a nice person, you'd get crushed. I refused to live a life where people could do that stuff to me.”
I'm usually alone but not necessarily lonely. I've been in a phase where I simply pushed myself to be like everybody else. I punished myself for not being as outgoing as everybody else. I hated myself for spending more time with myself than with other people. I've been depressed as to why I am how I am. I admit. I've fallen to false social expectations.
"“Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to.” -
I don't talk much and I'm not one to initiate small talks to strangers. I am a spectator of life. I enjoy watching other people do their own thing. I am fascinated by how different people and things work. We've all been through those slightly "annoying" repeated encouragements to join or talk. Don't get me wrong, they are well-intended concerns, but I don't know if it's just me, but those encouragements only make me not talk and things are well, bounded to go awkward anyway.
“Though introverts are drained by interaction, we can take immense pleasure in watching the scene around us.”
I'm not shy, I'm reserved. You can call me shy and I'll still embrace that. I am an introvert and I love my quirks and awkwardness. But I know that in an Extrovert Ideal world, I can never fully embrace it. No matter how much I accept this part of me, there will always be times when I'll feel excluded because of the way I am. The mounting pressure in a new environment. Dozens of eyes expecting you to dance with them when your song is playing a different beat.
"Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality style, but we've turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we must conform.”
|“So stay true to your own nature. If you like to do things in a slow and steady way, don't let others make you feel as if you have to race. If you enjoy depth, don't force yourself to seek breadth. If you prefer single-tasking to multi-tasking, stick to your guns. Being relatively unmoved by rewards gives you the incalculable power to go your own way.” "
Just wanted to share a few thoughts and quotes ;)
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5:30 AM
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