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How to Use Your Struggles for Good
Do you know what your weakness is? Not in an I-can’t-resist-an-ice-cream-on-a-hot-summer’s-day kind of way. More like this: what about yourself do you wish were different—but no matter what you do, you...
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Why Being Lonely as an Introvert is Complicated
In a college class I took, a presenter one day led an icebreaker game called Cross the Line. Maybe you’ve heard of it. In it, the presenter read out statements one at a time and students crossed onto...
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Introverted Music
Music can act as a remedy to most anything, I think. Recently I read a Buzzfeed list of song lyrics to help with depression and I realized that I know a few good songs that introverts could relate to....
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An Introvert and Her Bike
So… what do you do for fun? This question causes me to stumble sometimes. Do people want to hear that I take books out of the library somewhat compulsively and am a wee bit sketchy when it comes to...
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Tooting your own horn as an introvert
This photo, “Megaphone,” is (c) ashley.adcox 2008 and made available through an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license. I got a couple bits of fun news over the last few days: First, a piece I...
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Why is it so hard to find your people as an introvert?
Here’s something I don’t think I’ve admitted to on this blog before: In high school, I thought I was actually a shy extrovert because I craved a rich social life. Surely an introvert wouldn’t feel as...
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3 tips to use anger constructively as an introvert
I’ve felt angry and generally uneasy this past week. I think that’s been true for a lot of people, due to the US election and other world events. It’s also come up for a more personal reason for me: I...
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How to not suck at self-care as an introvert
Confession: I’m terrible at taking sick days. Some gross proof of this is that time a couple years ago that I ended up with a bad cold and ear infection the night before I was supposed to leave for an...
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3 tips to have a more grateful year
This photo is (c) 2016 Unsplash and made available under a CC0 Public Domain license. I meant to write this about a month ago: my new year’s resolution. Eek. 2017 is off to a great start, eh? Last year...
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Why You Should Embrace your Weaknesses + Weirdnesses
This photo Street Parade 2012-66.jpg is (c) abstrkt.ch 2012 and made available under an Attribution 2.0 Generic license. My wallet is sparkly green and has the words “High Anxiety” on its front....
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