Accepting that I was an introvert. I remember the exact moment: I was traveling, had just settled down with a good book at a hostel, and then heard some folks heading to the bar. I remember thinking "gosh, I should be social," and then "nah, I'd rather be here." Self acceptance of that was a big change for me.
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#32June 30 2016: counseling, with the corollary--August 19: 30 mg citalopram
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#33Followed by less interest in work/money, more interest in family.
Money still matters, of course, but I'm much more in tune with how much I really need.
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#35[0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/block-site/eiimnmi...
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#36Listening to podcasts or reading while commuting.
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#37Accepting that I was an introvert. I remember the exact moment: I was traveling, had just settled down with a good book at a hostel, and then heard some folks heading to the bar. I remember thinking "gosh, I should be social," and then "nah, I'd rather be here." Self acceptance of that was a big change for me.
I was going to add almost the exact same experience. Congrats to us both!
I kid. I'm in the same boat. People exhaust me. I often tell people who ask me to come do something "I'm peopled out." After a while they get it. My better extraverted friends never stop asking, though, for which I am thankful because I occasionally do like to be social and who better to be social with than an extrovert[0].
[0] They get me and fill in all the awkward silences.
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#39I used to do it when I was younger, but took a break for about 6 years. A year later still trying to catch up from that lost fitness.
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#40I've got two: buying a house and going back to grad school. For buying a house, I latched onto the idea that I needed a 20% down payment so I wouldn't have to pay for mortgage insurance so I was trying to save like crazy. Meanwhile, the property values were going through the roof and I realized that I'd always be chasing that 20%. I sat down and ran some numbers with a mortgage lender and that made everything a lot c…