As an introvert, I found this to be an excellent article with excellent advice. The author did a great job of detailing what it means to be an introvert, and d

As an introvert, I found this to be an excellent article with excellent advice. The author did a great job of detailing what it means to be an introvert, and detailing the societal traps that introverts tend to fall into. Growing up, I had a lot of people tell me that I needed to "Get outside [my] comfort zone," "socialize more," and "push [myself]." None of those things ever made me happy. They just drained me emotionally, and I couldn't wait to get home and read, write, or program something by myself. As the author mentioned in resolution 1, introverts have limited energy for socializing. It drains us. It's not about being cowardly and shy, and having to muster up our courage and break through some social barrier that is holding us back. It is more like running on a treadmill at the gym. Eventually, you're going to get tired and worn out. It isn't like you can push through some invisible mental barrier and then run and run forever. Socializing is like running on a treadmill for introverts. It wears us out. I think a lot of people, even introverts, don't really understand this. Extroverts are charged emotionally by social activities. Introverts are drained. Therefore, it doesn't make sense for an introvert to just suck it up and act like an extrovert.