Wacky Wednesday -- Are You An Introvert?

Introversion has gotten a lot of attention in the blogosphere lately.  There have been lots of books published on the topic recently, and I particularly enjoyed a book titled "Introverts in the Church:  Finding our Place in an Extraverted Culture" by Adam S. McHugh.  One of these days, when I have time again, I'd like to write a post about that book.

Anyway, I've always known I was an introvert, and after reading this list on Thom S. Rainer's blog today, I'm even more convinced of it!  Take a look and see if you qualify.  I think you'll get a chuckle from some of these...

1. You might be an introvert if you enjoyed timeout as a child.
2. You might be an introvert if you shop at 1:00 am in the 24-hour grocery store to avoid seeing people.
3. You might be an introvert if you rearrange the name cards at a dinner table so you don’t have to sit next to people you don’t know.
4. You might be an introvert if you like to have an extroverted friend with you so he can carry on the conversations you want to avoid.
5. You might be an introvert if your favorite game is solitaire.
6. You might be an introvert if your favorite number is one.
7. You might be an introvert if you take plenty of reading material on airplanes to avoid talking to people.
8. You might be an introvert if you smile when you see the “Do Not Talk” sign in the library.
9. You might be an introvert if you try to convince family members that you are really okay staying at home for a week of vacation.
10. You might be an introvert if you avoid buying new clothes so people won’t comment to you about them.
11. You might be an introvert if you can’t understand what’s so bad about solitary confinement.
12. You might be an introvert if you enjoy talking to yourself more than anyone else.
13. You might be an introvert if the word “meeting” causes you to become mildly to violently nauseous.
14. You might be an introvert if you work in your garden at night with a headlamp to avoid conversations with neighbors.
15. You might be an introvert if you think social media is the greatest invention in 200 years because you can communicate without being around people.
16. You might be an introvert if your favorite room in the house is the bathroom because you know you can be alone there.

I can relate to every single one of these, with the possible exception of #10.  My introversion definitely does not keep me from buying new clothes!  How about you?  Are you an introvert, too?

If you'd like to read the rest of Thom Rainer's post, you can link to it here.