A Lapsed Introvert

I am an Introvert.  I like spending time alone.  I find large gatherings and too much social interaction exhausting.  

And yet in the last few months I have not spent a single day alone, in my apartment, watching a marathon of anything.

It's like I've forgotten who I am.  Everyday I go to work and I talk to many, many people.  Not just the customers that I am contractually obligated to talk to either.  But co-workers.  And lots of them.  

There are so many people at my new job.  Every day I see at least 10 people that I swear I have never seen before.  What do all these people do?

And I'm always 'on'.  And not (just) because I'm trying to 'Win Friends and Influence People' but because I enjoy it.

Then I come home.  To my fancy new apartment building.  And I say 'hello' to my building manager instead of avoiding eye-contact and pretending like I didn't see him.  And then I walk down the hallways and I say 'hello' and offer a smile to strangers who just happen to live in the same building that I do.

I say hello to delivery men and construction workers.

What is wrong with me?

And then, on the weekends, I hang out with friends.  Different friends.  Because I have more than two.  

Sometimes I even spend time with them after work.  Yeah.  That's right.  I spend all day talking to people and then leave to go talk to more people.  It's insanity!

So in the spirit of getting back in touch with my true self, I have decided that I am not leaving the apartment tomorrow.  And I'm not talking to anyone.

I give it until 2 o'clock before I text someone.