I used to think of myself as a ālow energy personā. It was a little disclaimer I used to let people know that I wouldnāt be staying after work for drinks or be at the party past 9 pm. Like me, a lot of introverts feel like something is wrong with them because they struggle with their energy.
I used to think that I was just 'low energy' or maybe just a little bit sickly. When I heard about introversion, a lot of things suddenly made sense. When I heard about the introvert hangover, a lot more things suddenly made sense š A lot of introverts ...
"I know that I'm a coach, I know that I help people, I know that people have profound changes when they work with me. But I didn't know why or how I was doing it in a unique way. It was happening naturally as a result of my training, but I wanted to be able to share with others what my individual skills and what my unique talents were."
After 4 years, weāre saying goodbye to Productive Introvert Community. But donāt worry, this isnāt a total goodbye - itās more of an evolution - because weāre continuing as the Exploring Introvert. In todayās letter, Iāll tell you a bit more about who the Exploring Introvert is for. Iāll also tell you a bit about my own past and why writing these letters is so important to me. Perhaps youāll better understand why Iām so grateful for each and every one of you who take the time to read them ā¤ļø
read moreItās been 2 weeks since our son started school again and my 2 month annual break ended. This is the third year that Iāve run this āexperimentā and Iām sharing my biggest lesson from this year with you today.
read moreI was comparing myself to a lot of other people. I was seeing what they were doing and it seemed like they were getting ahead and really quickly as well. I just thought, why can't I do that? Why do things not happen that quick for me? I know what I want to do, but it's not really happening.
read moreWhat started with one moldy potato turned into long boney potato root fingers trying to claw their way out and itās now become a full stench of potato in various states of decomposition. This didnāt happen over the span of a couple of days either. Nope. It easily took a couple of months to get here. Every day I thought: Iāll get to it later. Iām busy. Ugh, Iām exhaustedā¦ and Iād quickly close the cupboard door. At first, the reasons were certainly valid. I was busy that day. And I was exhausted the day after. But it quickly turned into active procrastination.
read moreIām writing to you from my couch today. Itās 12.30 pm and Iām done working (after this email) and celebrating! My new website is up and runningĀ š„³ Also, there are at least 10 things I still want to changeā¦ It wasnāt too long ago that any one of those 10 things would have stopped me from publishing the website. āItās not finished yet.ā āThe blog section only has 1 article.ā āAlso, the background of the blog post needs to be white.ā Any perfectionists in the roomā¦? ā
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