Sunday Morning Thoughts...

I’m having a great weekend!  Friday night I went out with some friends and made a fool of myself on the dance floor — line dancing for the first time.  Then Saturday morning I went to water aerobics, just to get to go to lunch with the water aerobics gang. Then, I came home to find a voice message waiting for me.  My teacher friend was in town for the weekend and wanted to get together for the rest of the day. 

I just got up today and who knows what this sunny Sunday will bring…

So, yeah!  I’m having a great weekend, thus far—which got me thinking of a conversation Katherine and I had just the other day.

She brought up the Myers Briggs Type Indicator—which is a series of multiple choice questions that are designed to measure psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions.

The questions are very basic and unobtrusive.  If you want to read more about Myers Briggs, simply google “Myers Briggs personality tests” or something close to that.  If you want a quick overview of the 16 basic personality types, you can check out this link: http://www.personalitypage.com/html/high-level.html

Anyway, since then, Katherine has been looking for the 16 basic personality traits in people she meets.  She’s a very social and outgoing person, so she meets a lot of people, and this helps her identify with each person quickly.

So, she had me take the test and it wasn’t a surprise that one of my traits is that I am an introvert.

I think most writers fall into that category — where our thoughts are focused internally.

What’s interesting is that most people think introverts are antisocial… anti-social… against society.  I don’t agree with that belief — not at all.

I think there is a difference between the two.  Just because my inner world takes on a more dominate role in my behavior (e.g., I think first before acting; I need some private time for myself; and I prefer one-to-one communication and relationships), doesn’t mean that I shun social interaction.

Antisocial is defined as shunning the society of others; not sociable; hostile to the established social order; engaged in behavior that violates accepted mores…

So…yeah… there’s a difference between a person whose thoughts are directed inward and a person who is against society.

Oops… look at the time… This introvert has to get ready for another “social” day on her calendar… 




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