Low batt.
Just a few weeks ago, I was complaining of boredom. The introvert in me takes that back now. =P
Today, I felt unusually subdued even though I actually went for the Duke International Spouses' Cooking Club. It's not unusual for me to debate internally about attending events because I need to ration my energy reserves (totally not weird of me =P), but when I show up and start interacting with people, my social skills usually kick in and I usually end up having a better time than I thought I'd have. The exhaustion only comes when I'm safely back home. Today, however, I just couldn't muster up the enthusiasm to chat up acquaintances or new faces even though I was surrounded by people, so I mostly listened in on other people's conversations.
When I thought about how listless I felt today, I realized that it might have been an effect of yesterday's activities. I had volunteered to man a booth at Centerfest 2015 for the Animal Protection Society (APS) of Durham, and that meant interacting with (a lot of) random strangers and their kids for the entire Sunday afternoon. While it wasn't as nerve-wracking as I'd imagined it to be (see, it's never as bad as I imagine, but I'm highly strung), it probably drained my very limited resources of extroversion. And I was so naive to believe that such a huge drain on my resources would be cured in one night's sleep. I should have curled up and shut the world out for a few days while I nursed my extroversion back to full strength. Instead, I jumped straight back into the world of socializing. Know thyself, May. I'm obviously not as young as I used to be.
Ok need to recharge. Over and out.
Today, I felt unusually subdued even though I actually went for the Duke International Spouses' Cooking Club. It's not unusual for me to debate internally about attending events because I need to ration my energy reserves (totally not weird of me =P), but when I show up and start interacting with people, my social skills usually kick in and I usually end up having a better time than I thought I'd have. The exhaustion only comes when I'm safely back home. Today, however, I just couldn't muster up the enthusiasm to chat up acquaintances or new faces even though I was surrounded by people, so I mostly listened in on other people's conversations.
When I thought about how listless I felt today, I realized that it might have been an effect of yesterday's activities. I had volunteered to man a booth at Centerfest 2015 for the Animal Protection Society (APS) of Durham, and that meant interacting with (a lot of) random strangers and their kids for the entire Sunday afternoon. While it wasn't as nerve-wracking as I'd imagined it to be (see, it's never as bad as I imagine, but I'm highly strung), it probably drained my very limited resources of extroversion. And I was so naive to believe that such a huge drain on my resources would be cured in one night's sleep. I should have curled up and shut the world out for a few days while I nursed my extroversion back to full strength. Instead, I jumped straight back into the world of socializing. Know thyself, May. I'm obviously not as young as I used to be.
Ok need to recharge. Over and out.
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