Exhausted By Your Calendar? It Might Be Introvert Burnout
I can’t schedule, coordinate, or facilitate one more thing.
For the last two weeks, I’ve been exhausted, irritated, and even less organized than usual.
This comes at the same time as I’m having a wonderful summer with my kids, enjoying every minute with them while they aren’t in school.
Each night, when I flop (with relief) into bed, I think, how can I feel so depressed when I’m not really depressed? Why do I feel so sad when I’m having a very lucky, healthy, and happy summer?
Then it hits me: This introvert is burnt out.
Being an introvert is kind of a full-time job
I think the number one thing that extroverts don’t understand about introverts is how much TIME it takes to be introverted.
This is because the one thing everyone thinks they know about introverts is that they are shy.
That might be the case. But it turns out it’s more complex than that. Not all introverts are shy or socially anxious (although some certainly are both of those things). One of the main hallmarks of introversion, rather, is in how people recharge their energy. Introverts need a certain amount of time alone to relax, recharge…
