Thank you for intervening. The work days that were hardest for me was going from meeting to meeting with different groups of attendees without breaks.
I spent so much time trying to suppress my introversion, pretending to be interested in group conversations that I am really enjoying a quiet retirement now.
Oh that resonates Jo… we need that alone time, I hope it can start to be more recognised over time. I think about how kids in school have to cope too, the label ‘quiet’ or worse ‘shy’ is never seen as positive is it?
And yes, the plastered on smile… I hear you. What bliss to have your own space now :)
Thank you for intervening. The work days that were hardest for me was going from meeting to meeting with different groups of attendees without breaks.
I spent so much time trying to suppress my introversion, pretending to be interested in group conversations that I am really enjoying a quiet retirement now.
Oh that resonates Jo… we need that alone time, I hope it can start to be more recognised over time. I think about how kids in school have to cope too, the label ‘quiet’ or worse ‘shy’ is never seen as positive is it?
And yes, the plastered on smile… I hear you. What bliss to have your own space now :)