In my golden years now, I\u2019m still a little short of confidence and self esteem, still am trying to find my way, still avoid crowds in malls and groups of people in theaters and get togethers.\u00a0 I am lucky to have a husband and family that tolerates my occasional hermit behavior, but sometimes they take me places to watch me hyperventilate and twitch.<\/p>\n
Strangely I find the excitement of going to another country a comfort instead of a threat. We have visited Peru during a labor strike. That was as memorable as a winding journey through the Austrian Alps, or swimming with dolphins in New Zealand. In the time I have left, I hope to continue to learn by traveling.<\/p>\n
Is it a lifelong curse or a blessing to be an introvert? I only know I could not have been any different than I am, and I hope my own awareness has helped some others along the way. I have found it is easier to be understanding when you are an observer rather than the one in the spotlight. That has worked for me so far.
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I rarely felt a part of anything except my immediate family. Of course I compared myself to them, my larger than life parents, who each accomplished the impossible and were able to talk to anyone. My younger sister was much more outgoing than I was: confident and secure in her huge circle of friends. Usually […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[45,59,60],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeintroverted.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeintroverted.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeintroverted.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeintroverted.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeintroverted.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11248"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeintroverted.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11435,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeintroverted.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11248\/revisions\/11435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeintroverted.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeintroverted.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeintroverted.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}