Introvert at work

This link to Jonathan Rauch's piece on "Caring For Your Introvert" in my Atlantic Monthly subcription got me thinking about my own process (the link will expire in two days, so check it out now). Jonathan's point, and I wholly concur, is that we are a misunderstood tribe of people who, though not shy and not withdrawn, still require a lot of solitude to recover from all that input from the rest of you. Regarding my work when I'm on location--it explains why I get so protective of my time alone, in the evenings, so that I can recharge for the next day. For us introverts to be engaged, solitude is like sleep. We can't function without a certain amount.

Robin wrote a nice piece on her blog, with other resources if you or your loved one is one of these creatures.

Comments

[Yvonne]

Thanks for posting this. By the way, the internet is a lovely thing for us introverts: we can engage with the world, but not have to be out in it all the time.

[Yvonne]

Thanks for posting this. By the way, the internet is a lovely thing for us introverts: we can engage with the world, but not have to be out in it all the time.

[db]

Damn- and I had just decided that I'd be a better photographer if I was an extrovert..

''The photographer creates, evolves a better, more selective, more acute seeing eye by looking ever more sharply at what is going on in the world. Like every means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the times- the pulse of today. The photograph may be presented as finely or as artistically as you will; but to merit serious consideration, must be connected with the world we live in.'' -Berenice Abbott

[stephen connor]

The annual convention is gonna be murder.

[chuck kimmerle]

It'd be a great convention. I could eat my donut during the break without wondering why I'm the only not in a conversation with folks I hardly know.