by Can Tran

Created on: November 16, 2008

My case is a very interesting case. Depending on where I am, I can either be introverted or extroverted. When I am in the more urbanized areas and bigger cities, I can be extremely extroverted. If the area is rural or suburban, I can be extremely introverted.
Somehow, it is like an aura. I enjoy spending my time in the urban areas because it is extremely vibrant and diverse. I feel more pumped up at best.

I do not like spending my time in rural or suburban areas. Frankly, there is not really much to do. There are no bars, no nightclubs, no restaurants, and nothing really to do at night. I am a person that thrives on nightlife. Whenever I visit my relatives up in Maryland and Pennsylvania, I tend to spend most of my time in Washington D.C. and Philadelphia. I enjoy the vibrancy and the diversity of the city life. However, I could not say the same for the life of a small city or a small town. Perhaps there is simply not that much to do.

So far, there is not that much to do in the town I live in. That does make me introverted. However, I have been keeping myself busy with writing. When I did not have a cell phone, I was kicking myself because I needed a means to communicate with other people. Now that I have my cell phone, I do somewhat get annoyed when someone calls me.
I do not mean to get irritated.

The thing is that I get extremely absorbed into my work that I do not like getting bugged with a phone call.
The same thing can be said if I'm sitting in an open park and being absorbed into my own thoughts. It is not like I want to ignore them. To me, I am in a state of focus and concentration.
Focusing and concentration can be fragile things. They can easily be broken. Whenever I feel my focus and concentration become broken, I get extremely irritated and moody.

This is one reason I can be very introverted. After I talk to my friends on the phone I go back and try to regain my focus and concentration.

The major challenge of maintaining friendships as an introvert is the sociability. If someone calls me to hang out, I might decline.
It solely depends on the person that is offering. Those friends may wonder why I do not feel like hanging out with them. It gets to the point where they think I do not feel like hanging out with them anymore. That is another challenge that an introvert has to deal with when maintaining friendships.

But, I do hang out with them every once in a while. Most of the time, I do enjoy keeping to myself. I came to accept that I do enjoy a life of solitude.

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