A daily struggle of an introvert #1

Inge Chinge
Jul 24, 2017 · 2 min read

Hi, this is my first post on Medium, i still don’t get the whole idea of how this works, but i know i better start somewhere, so here it goes. I guess a little intro about me is pretty appropriate, I myself are a freelancer who works in a creative area, my job range started from gather the idea, visualize a concept, produce the creative product, it could be a series of photos, or digital post, depends on the project.

This kind of work forced me to interact with every part of the company itself. Please kindly note that i am a freelancer who works for different companies who uses my services. While i have these issues where i feel uneasy to simply ask something to other people, regardless how full my consciousness is, i’m exposing my self to a life where i could meet new people at any time.

I’m going to write the struggle i got through today. If i think about it, it’s save enough to say that that was awkward, at least just a tad amount of awkward. Here are some facts that i’d like to mention about this company :

  1. It is a fluid company focused on fashion retail product

By fluid i mean a fresh start-up company which only thrive for 1 year and 9 months. A very positive environment for young imageneers to try their ideal business model out there.

2. It located on an open space sharing office type

Basically they have this adequate semi-outdoor court for their sharing space, where everybody just sit and talk about everything. Most of the companies there are in the same fields which is fashion retail aiming for the 20s and young adult market, it’s kind of where hype people meet.

It’s not that i feel insecure with myself (well, i am), but the fact that the people here are all fighting to stay in business with their own ideas, that was overwhelming me. It made me feel even smaller then i already have.

Back to the story, ever since i come to this office i act like i’m merely a guest, and i’m not really good at bringing up my presence to other people, most of the time i just interact with people from the same company as i. Then there was this guy from a different company where i work, i haven’t properly introduce my self to him. But today, my co-worker have a same project with him, that effectively made me share a conversation or two with him.

I was hesitant, of course.

But then i braved my self to talk to him, and it surprisingly went quite well. And that was it. It is a good thing to me, to start talking with other people rather than my regular. Yay me

Inge Chinge

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