The 4-day weekend is going to be GLORIOUS.
GLORIOUS.
GLORIOUS.
Just another aside. This one's a bit lengthy and is on extroverts/introverts.
Everyone thinks they can categorize introverts and extroverts by watching them in a situation and seeing how they behave. They're at a party and see someone smiling and having fun. "Hey, that guy's an extrovert! He's having fun!" Mistake #1. In regards to the Myers-Briggs Type Interface, E/I is determined by one simple rule of thumb. It's all about decision making.
Extroverts act before thinking.
Introverts think before acting.
But what most people don't understand is...
Both types act.
And both types think.
This means that they're much more similar than people can lead themselves to believe. In fact, in their differences lies their similarities. Think of the last time you saw two extreme extroverted people together. I'm sure you could hear them from miles away. And think about the last time you saw two introverts in a room alone together. I bet you could have heard a pin drop. In China. Although these are gross exaggerations, they serve my point. No extrovert is complete without an introvert. No introvert is complete without an extrovert. (Or an opposite side, at least.) In order to become fully developed, rounded human beings, people must understand and embrace both of their halves, the engaging, outward-directed E and the reflective, inward-directed I.
This is getting confusing, so I'll switch mediums.
There's a reason why God made people people and not cats. Human beings are, without doubt, deep, complex, multi-faceted, talented, and always better at something than you are. And to look at the gift of the fellow human being with occasional doubt or dislike is a terrible mistake.
Some people believe that the first and foremost person in their lives should be themselves.
Extroverts think this.
Introverts think this.
The wiser people who have embraced both their sides know that, no matter who you are, other people are key. In my humble opinion,
Extroverts should use their other-oriented skills to help people understand themselves.
Introverts should use their own understanding to orient themselves towards others.
I am hereby instituting a new term. This term represents the conjunction of E and I into the perfect and wholly desirable mean of the two.
The MEDIAVERT (M) is who I try to be, and sometimes who I am without even trying. The Mediavert is extroverted when he or she needs to be, and introverted when is appropriate, and both as the case may be. And the Mediavert is entirely people-centered.
Because people matter. And if people were cats, life would suck.
And some people, like me, are allergic to cats anyways.
And to people who can't stand people.
