I am an introvert.

Over the last few years, I have learned this. I am an introvert. If I want to rest, I don't want lots of people around me. If I'm around lots of people for too long, I need a break. I enjoy times of solitude. I think some people think I'm extroverted because I can be kind of loud and like to have fun, but that doesn't mean that I don't need my space. It's taken me a long time to realize this.

I find these kinds of things very interesting. Personality differences. Cultural differences. Nature vs. nurture. It's fascinating to me that there are qualities about ourselves that are simply ingrained into who we are and how we operate, some over time, and some have always been there. There are extroverted internal processors. There are introverted verbal processors (that's me). There can be any mix of qualities in any given person that we would possibly never imagine could exist. I love that. And I can't even begin to touch on cultural differences. I just know that when it comes to my family, we are Dutch Canadian and there are definitely things about my childhood and life that stem from that.

It's often said that each person is unique. Like fingerprints. Or snowflakes. I've grown up hearing it time and time again. But I think it's not until you start to live life... experience different things... learn and grow... that you really start to understand what that really means.

It's almost midnight and this post is really not doing any justice to this topic. I'm not a psychologist. I'm not a great writer. I'm tired right now, so it's hard to sound intelligent or like I know what I'm talking about. I guess I am simply learning a lot about these kinds of things. The age of the early 20's is a time of growth, experimentation, risk, change, and I kind of like it. It's not easy at times, not at all, but I like it. Oh, life.

And all that to say... I like having my own room again. :)