How to Love an Introvert

After I graduated from college, I spent a year living and working in Moscow, Russia. Living in a city where not only a different language is spoken but where a different alphabet is used gives one a very deep understanding of what it means to be misunderstood. Over time I started to notice that the feeling I would have when I would ask someone in Moscow a question and be met with a befuddled stare was similar to a feeling I would run into when someone didn't understand why I would rather stay home by myself than be with a bunch of people. And I noticed that my fellow introverts ran into similar feelings of frustration and a feeling of being misunderstood by the people in their lives (maybe because they don't feel like being around people long enough to explain their feelings....).

Not being one to let a problem go unsolved, I decided it was time someone started educating the extroverts of the world about the other half--us introverts who often prefer our own company to the company of others--and being that I like writing (perhaps because it's something I can do alone?), I decided a blog was a great way to go about doing just that. I'm not an expert or anything, just someone who has learned from being an introvert in a family full of extroverts. I'll be offering up tips, advice, and stories to help you learn how to deal with those crazy introverts in your life (or if you're a super introvert like me, I'll offer you some understanding) in the hopes that we can all get along!