http://www.theguardian.com/science/quiz/2012/mar/13/quiz-are-you-an-introvert" rel="nofollow - Quiz: are you an introvert?

The introverts shall in inherit the earth, if it's okay with you guys; if everyone's not too busy I can do next Wednesday or maybe August if that's inconvenient, or we can meet in the Village Hall if it is raining unless some people don't mind getting wet then I'm not that bothered sometimes it can be quite refreshing if its not too cold and I can see the advantages in that because it can get a little oppressive when everyone is waiting for everyone else to arrive before we start because then we'd have to start all over again and that wouldn't be fair for all those who turned up early, not that anyone would of course because no one wants to be the first to arrive in fact on reflection I cannot see that anyone will even turn up at all so I think I'll just stay at home and blog about it.

 

I am definitely an extrovert in company and introverted and reflective when I am alone. I guess that makes me a "metrovert" .  My lengthy drive to work allows for extended listening. In addition, my wife and daughter are usually asleep far earlier than me.  Since I am a night owl, I have plenty of time in the wee hours to devote to music and writing.

I looked it up on the internet and it is not that introverts cannot be sociable, but it costs them more energy. That applies to me. I meet a lot of people, even have a social profession, but it costs me quite some energy.

Read carefully.  I didn't say good music.  I said three epics in a row, as an example.  That's what, an hour's worth of music.  A hardcore extrovert would much rather spend that time with friends or acquaintances, because he likes to be with people.  

Close enough. 

Or watching Pink Floyd Pulse on DVD with a few good folk.

On the whole I find the musical journey to be mostly a solo one, Hymns to the Silence

Getting a job has made me come out of my shell considerably though.

But he's a prog musician, and maybe the prog musicians can be extraverts, but the fans are not, usually  

cuz i'm too shy 

Is that a Smiths reference 

Not intentionally. 

True. Still, no vote from me though. 

 Where did you get that idea from?

In all honesty, I believe all people have a bit of both. It's just down to the given surroundings, people and what kind of mental state one is in.

I had to look up extravert, because I thought it meant extra green (vert is green in French) Just kidding... I did however look it up in case I was missing something. I was.... I don't particularly subscribe to the definition of extrovert, as I live equally much in my own head - as I do in company with other people. I can be extremely self-centred and negligent of the world - build myself a fortress and just listen to music for days on end not talking to anybody. 

Then again, if you place me in a room with 20 people I've never met; I'll have spoken to everybody inside 30 minutes for sure. Hell I talk like a machine gun when I'm with other people, though I tend to think of myself as one who is capable of sticking my finger in the dirt and pick up on the general consensus - who's turn is it to talk, is it time for me to shut my face and roll out the ol eardrums.

I think I learned a lot from working with kids actually. Strike that, I learned a lot from my colleagues A fair estimate of the gender mix is probably 90 percent women and then 5 percent men and the last part somewhere in between Anyway, sitting in a lunch room with 20 odd women who all want to talk to you and hear the one mail opinion on something, has taught me to listen more intensely. (Alright, it has also learned me to shut down, when The Bold & The Beautiful suddenly starts doing live re-runs in front of me)

Alright, I'll vote for extrovert - I am pretty good with people in real life situations. I have no problem in acting out and humiliating myself in public either, which I think is one of the things people dig the most about me. Always ready to take one for the team

My main advice to folks(mostly the teens) on here, who would like to be less introverted would probably be to shut off their computers and take a walk. Most of the times I feel introverted it's because I've spent far too much time in front of the computer. Just like in every other aspect of life, communication - like in face to face communication - takes some training. If you spend two thirds of your life in front of a screen moaning over your own failure to be outgoing and talkative, how on earth is any of that going to change? 

I know there are some who have all kinds of diagnoses, but I don't believe in half of those if I'm honest. I have met so many people who use these diagnoses as an excuse to live their lives, simply because it's too hard work. I am not saying all are like that, but I do know quite a few. 

Dealing with the public daily one learns to be sociable and outgoing since it helps business....but at home or with strangers I'm a bit more intro depending on the situation.

Very interesting book, speaking as someone whose career has suffered due to me being "quiet" I found it very enlightening.

I'm a talkative introvert