Getting Help as an Introvert
It’s hard to describe being an introvert, and it’s harder to describe the process it takes for me to ask for help.
While I’m not the most reserved or anti-social person, I definitely feel introverted during days where I have had to engage in a lot of social interaction. Getting out of my comfort zone to talk to strangers for a night is all fine and dandy, but then I end up self-imposing a one week buffer period in between these social events where I can stay home and relax. People have called this self-imposed isolation period as “charging your battery,” which is a phrase I warmly welcome into my vocabulary because it makes me seem less odd the next time I describe it.
Connecting in a World of Social Distancing
Our world has looked a little different recently. The roads are empty. Nonessential businesses are closed. Unemployment rates soar. Instead of being on my college campus finishing up my senior year in lecture halls and in classrooms, I am sitting at my desk at home staring at my screen for hours at a time.
Coffee Thoughts: Connecting with Others
I try to take a few moments in my day to look around and examine my surroundings. Currently as I sit in a loud, busy coffee shop I see students sit at tables by themselves, nervously flipping through their textbooks, frantically typing out their study guides, a group of friends standing around waiting for their orders, laughing and catching up — probably as a pit stop before their next class, and at the table next to me — two people chatting and getting to know each other over cappuccinos, probably on a first date.
As I sit here as an outsider to these people’s lives, I can’t help but think that everyone here has complex lives of their own. Each one of these individuals has a family, friends, a favorite hobby, something they’re passionate about, something they would like to achieve; and all I see is a brief few minutes of their day. I usually like to think of my life as a TV show with me as the star, but somehow sitting here observing others, I see that there is much more.
March 4th and Do Something Day
March 4th and March fourth are homophones or, words or expressions that sound the same but hold different meanings. Today’s March Fourth and Do Something Day encourages people to make a positive impact – small or large on themselves or on others in their community. Celebrating this event can take on different ways - like taking your friends out to dinner to a restaurant that’s been on their checklist or even lending your phone charger to someone who is sitting near you at the library! But the opportunity to help doesn’t always come around if you just sit and wait for it …