This is great stuff! I am looking forward to making good relationships with some fellow ski instructors at the new job i just started. I am an introvert, probably partially due to nurture rather than nature (I spent a lot of time alone as a youngster and then went through an extremely antisocial phase of addiction in my adult years), so I think I will also need to honor my need for alone time after a full day of intensive work with other people, but I believe that investing in relationships (both new and revitalized from long ago), will be one of the most productive things I can work on to build a better life experience and self image. We people need eachother! I am very grateful to have the people in my life even though I haven't always done my part to cultivate relationships, but the bridges have not burned and I have the rest of my life one day at a time to work on fostering great connections with wonderful people! Thanks for the thoughts cousin Miriam!
That sounds like a really good place to build community--shared interests and values make for more meaningful relationships than simply choosing friends because you happen to be in the same geographic location. I've also found that better friends are better for an introverted social battery! Thanks for reading.
Ps I think I should cut down on my use of exclamation points. It's a bit tacky LOL but they tend to come out a lot when I'm voice texting on my phone like now. Hilariously, I seem to have a habit of saying! At the end of sentences when I'm talking to my phone...
This is great stuff! I am looking forward to making good relationships with some fellow ski instructors at the new job i just started. I am an introvert, probably partially due to nurture rather than nature (I spent a lot of time alone as a youngster and then went through an extremely antisocial phase of addiction in my adult years), so I think I will also need to honor my need for alone time after a full day of intensive work with other people, but I believe that investing in relationships (both new and revitalized from long ago), will be one of the most productive things I can work on to build a better life experience and self image. We people need eachother! I am very grateful to have the people in my life even though I haven't always done my part to cultivate relationships, but the bridges have not burned and I have the rest of my life one day at a time to work on fostering great connections with wonderful people! Thanks for the thoughts cousin Miriam!
That sounds like a really good place to build community--shared interests and values make for more meaningful relationships than simply choosing friends because you happen to be in the same geographic location. I've also found that better friends are better for an introverted social battery! Thanks for reading.
I've been meditating every day and like talking to people more now :) first group of beginner skiers under my tutelage tomorrow. Wish them luck! LOL
Ps I think I should cut down on my use of exclamation points. It's a bit tacky LOL but they tend to come out a lot when I'm voice texting on my phone like now. Hilariously, I seem to have a habit of saying! At the end of sentences when I'm talking to my phone...