I think a lot of people convolute introversion with social anxiety.

My social life vastly improved when I switched to working remotely. When I wasn’t, I was burning all my social energy at work and nights and weekends I’d go into hermit mode. Now I’m sitting on my social charger all day and have the energy to hang out with my friends after work/on weekends. Lots of them don’t believe I’m introverted.

A bartender friend coined the term “closet extrovert” to describe me and I don’t hate it.

As a naturally introverted person, working remotely has vastly improved my social life, well-being, and productivity.

I used to burn all my social energy at the office, and when nights and weekends came around, I’d go into hermit mode to recover. Work drained me. Now I’m sitting on my social charger all day while I’m working, and I actually have the energy to see my friends after work and have much better balance in my life.

I’m fortunate to work for a company that let everyone decide what works best for them when RTO mandates started going around, and they get better work from me because of it. This CEO can get fucked.

Isn’t this just a hero?

When you take a picture with your phone, you’re opening up the stock/default camera app to do so. There are alternative camera apps in the App Store/Google Play that offer different features.

Yeah, Rob Paravonian.

It’s like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none.

Everything reminds me of her.

There’s nothing more romantic than falling asleep spooning, waking up and softly whispering to your partner “my shoulder’s dislocated, get off me.”

Absolutely.

No, it’s a red herring.

Cute and a little nerve wracking since my cat is the idiot that would jump over the edge.

What is the charge? Eating a meal?

Outside of my country being on fire and being a bit worried the small company I work for will survive, my personal life has been pretty good.

I’ve been casually seeing a new woman and it’s been nice to break out of my usual comfort zone of “you are now half of my life” relationships. And it’s given me motivation to get consistent with lifting weights because I want to look good for her (and tbh love when she grabs/holds my arm), which has really helped me control my blood sugar. I might even be able to dial back my medications depending on how my next doctor’s visit goes.

SNRIs, getting older, and being much more selective about the fucks I give.

Seriously just swap the genders here. This is insane.

What is your BA in?

This is a great writeup on this, thanks for sharing. I’ll at least link my friends who are convinced this is happening so they won’t read it.

2. Neurodivergent’s what?

You’re not wrong. Nobody has ever responded to a music recommendation with “what’s their website” before.