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50 Stories::Because I am an Introvert

I’ve learned a lot about myself these past several years. A big part of it is simply that I have learned to recognize my patterns of behavior. Which was the case with this post from November 2012.

As as introvert, learning to honor my need for quiet and solitude has been a big part of my own personal journey. I used to believe that there was something wrong with me…that needing time alone was somehow selfish or dysfunctional, but now I know that this is the way God made me. And that is worth celebrating.


Because I am an introvert, I spent the last four days at home (more or less).

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Because I am an introvert, three of those days were spent almost entirely in solitude.

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Because I am an introvert, I feel recharged, refreshed, and reenergized.

Because I am an introvert, before I felt womperjawed, discombobulated, and frazzled.

Because I am an introvert, I see beauty in the most ordinary things.

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Because I am an introvert, I tend to keep my problems to myself.

Because I am an introvert, I sometimes crave silence.

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Because I am an introvert, my world tends to be very small.

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Because I am an introvert, I love everyday adventures.

Because I am an introvert, I sometimes get mislabeled as shy.

Because I am an introvert, I am good at problem solving.

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Because I am an introvert, I often dig too deep.

Because I am an introvert, sometimes I like to play in the shallow end of the pool.

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Because I am an introvert, I can spend hours pondering about what it means to be an introvert.

Because I am an introvert, I need my family and friends to keep me balanced.

Because I am an introvert, this blog brings me an immense amount of joy.

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Because I am an introvert, I am humbled by your friendship.

Peace, Kelly

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  1. Dotti says

    April 16, 2018 at 10:47 am

    Me, too! I’m okay, you’re okay.

    You’ll get a big kick out of this. Just finished a little text chat with my sister and sis-in-law in which my sister accused me of being an overthinker. Can you imagine??? 🙂

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    • kelly says

      April 20, 2018 at 7:50 am

      ha! just one of the many reasons we are friends! 🙂

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