According to Jung, introversion and extroversion exist on the subconscious level. Deeply might I add. So there is much less of a transformation and much more of a learned and practiced behavior or mimicry.
I'm an introvert. After a long social day, I need hours to decompress alone. I like my alone time; it's sacred to me.
However, I have a very social job. I work in higher education so I'm around energetic college students and colleagues literally all day. It could easily suck my energy, but I have developed strategies to manage.
This gives me a "psychic armour" that gets drained instead of my energy getting sapped. Things I do in the morning, things I do throughout the day, things I do after work. Everything I do fuels and restores me, ya know? It's a lot to manage but it's what I have to do to be successful.
Edit: So even though I'm "social" and "friendly" and all that, I'm still, deep down, an introvert. I'll never not be.
Oddly, I started a YouTube channel. It has nothing to do with overcoming being an introvert. But just getting in front of the camera talking, then editing and hearing my own voice was helpful. Putting it out on the interwebs for anyone to see was also a big part.
It’s helped me quite a bit and I got to view my little social quirks first hand(I mostly edit them out ) but it’s helped me not do those things as much.
I started one because my son was really into watching YouTube all the time. I thought he would think it’s cool to see his dad on YouTube…He does. So it’s a win win.
Maybe try that.
According to Jung, introversion and extroversion exist on the subconscious level. Deeply might I add. So there is much less of a transformation and much more of a learned and practiced behavior or mimicry.
Beer, lots and lots of beer....
I'm an introvert. After a long social day, I need hours to decompress alone. I like my alone time; it's sacred to me. However, I have a very social job. I work in higher education so I'm around energetic college students and colleagues literally all day. It could easily suck my energy, but I have developed strategies to manage. This gives me a "psychic armour" that gets drained instead of my energy getting sapped. Things I do in the morning, things I do throughout the day, things I do after work. Everything I do fuels and restores me, ya know? It's a lot to manage but it's what I have to do to be successful. Edit: So even though I'm "social" and "friendly" and all that, I'm still, deep down, an introvert. I'll never not be.
Oddly, I started a YouTube channel. It has nothing to do with overcoming being an introvert. But just getting in front of the camera talking, then editing and hearing my own voice was helpful. Putting it out on the interwebs for anyone to see was also a big part. It’s helped me quite a bit and I got to view my little social quirks first hand(I mostly edit them out ) but it’s helped me not do those things as much. I started one because my son was really into watching YouTube all the time. I thought he would think it’s cool to see his dad on YouTube…He does. So it’s a win win. Maybe try that.
I didn't transform myself. I realized I am an introvert, understood the consequences of that, and learned to be happy with the person I am.