A Silent Extrovert

                When I first read the title of the book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, the first thing that I thought was, “Not another boring book”. To my surprise, just in the first 40-60 pages, I have found it extremely interesting and I haven’t been able to stop reading it.  Living in a world with most extroverts, I tend to think that I grasp to the concept of extrovert because it is the preferred personality style to have. With my personality, I look forward to going out with my friends and trying new, adventurous things to do. I love being around a ton of people and having so much fun with everyone. I am a very sociable person who loves meeting new people. Although, if I am around many people I do not know, I tend to feel shy and become not as outgoing as I would normally be around my closest friends. But, I think that this is the case with most people when they are put into an uncomfortable situation. A reason that I also believe a might be more of an Extrovert is because with my job, I deal with hundreds of people every single day, and 75% of them I do not know anything about. I work as a Certified Nursing Assistant in the hospital in my hometown and I can honestly say I love my job. I look forward to the concept of how many patients I will have and how I can help take care of them in their time of need. I just love the concept of taking care of someone who you know nothing about and then as you continue to take care of the same person for days, you tend to develop a mutual friendship for each other and then all of a sudden you know their life story. The only time when I do feel as if my “introvert side” comes out quite a bit is when I am learning. I love just sitting in the class, not talking, and just listening to the conversations happening around me. It does not bug me if I am alone in a classroom. I wouldn't even mind if no one talked to me the whole class. I even enjoy when the professors teach class from a slide and don’t hold discussion times or make fun activities for the students to complete. I do believe that I am an Extrovert just because when I am put into an uncomfortable situation I do not think I feel any different than most people would if they were also put into an uncomfortable situation. Although, I do not mind being alone, being with other people is definitely something I would prefer. I would rather go out and have a good time with other people than doing something I enjoy with myself because I would prefer sharing my happiness with others instead of just keeping it to myself.