Chapter 245 

 . . . what matters most to most introverts. It’s not quiet or space. It’s control. We just wish to be able to engage people on our own terms - Damon Young

Not 100% sure I agree with this, because I am an introvert, and quiet or silence even, is pretty high up on my list of what matters most. But Young has a point that the isolation required these days by the Coronavirus pandemic is wearing on some introverts as well. Personally I haven’t noticed it at all, and I am enjoying the effects of quarantine. It feels normal to me. Best possible day to day for me.

But others are feeling this really intensely, and every introvert definitely wants to have the control to engage when they want to engage, even though that may not be very much. Not only does the quarantine take away when we can engage, but also The Who we engage. And of course any quarantine will take away the Where we can engage. This loss of control is distressing to everyone, even introverts.

And my estimation is that here in the USA it will get quite a bit more strict before these restrictions end. But I think that focusing on your lack of control is just making things worse. If you are fully engaged on another front, you don’t even notice the control thing because, well you are engaged on another front. You only have so much bandwidth, so burn it all on what you can control or do or accomplish, and don’t waste any on what you can’t control.