Where do you get your power from, your energy, your mojo (yeahhh baby), your motivation? Chances are you get it from a number of different places, people, things, situations and these may depend on whether you are more extroverted or introverted, or an E or I as Mike Myers and Johnny Briggs might say. I've never been sure why 2 actors created a personality indicator...... So what's the point of today's ramble I hear you think, well it's about energy and more specifically how, if, whether you managed to get any recharge over whatever sort of Christmas break you managed to have. I've come back to work from around 10 days off feeling exhausted and like I have had no real recharge at all. Yes I didn't work but that doesn't mean all the time sitting around doing nothing was a suitable menu for recharging my batteries. Normally over the Christmas break I would probably do many of the following:
If the break was in times of warmer weather I would spend a lot of it outside pottering about, going for walks or sitting in a chair reading. in general I understand that Introverts gain energy from being on their own and expend energy from being around others. Extroverts are in general the opposite and gain energy from others and expend if from being alone. I spend a lot of time alone so the introverted part of my personality (because I feel I am both) gets plenty of recharge, too much some would say having spent 48 hours over this weekend not talking to or seeing anyone. But the extroverted part is crying out for an energy boost which is why I'm grateful that my office is open and I can go there and socialise a little, even if there are very few people in. My concern if how to keep the extroverted energy part topped up. Phone or Video calls don't do it (enough), it's face to face social interaction that tops up my tank and I've realised it even more recently. In the list above it's interesting to observe that even some of my alone activities, which might typically involve the pub with a book, the gym or a shop wander are actually extroverted to a degree as I feel the need to be in places where other people are. It's worth thinking about where you get your energy from and whether the current weird world affects whether that energy source is available to you and what you can do about it.
If you get energy from people but you can't see people what is the solution? I don't know but I'd like you to tell me. Maybe I need a pet? Take Care Paul
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Deffo identify with half introvert half extrovert. I need to spend time alone every day but also need face to face contact with people- fortunately as I still work on the nursing bank, I can get my “people fix” during lockdown by working extra shifts - if I didn’t I think I’d probably end up with a major alcohol issue.
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1/8/2021 05:57:32 am
It's almost as if you wrote this for me! I'm exactly like this. LOVE being on my own and used to challenge myself to see how many days i could manage without speaking to another person (and yes, including the people on the checkout at Sainsburys), but this has stretched even my levels of introversion. Like you, i enjoy activities alongside others, but my most regular social activity has been to sing in a choir. Here, i can stand alongside others and sing to my hearts content. My choir know me, they know i'm not being funny if i'm not chatty, they know what i bring to choir and love me for it. We've not been able to be together since last March, obviously, but we do zoom every other week, sometimes all of us together, sometimes voice parts together. This has been a HUGE boost to my sanity when real human contact is in short supply. I'm afraid that doesn't offer anything you can try, but it was worth sharing. :-)
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