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Extrovert or introvert? My friends would say I am an extrovert because I enjoy parties, meeting new people, teaching ESL, and I have a part-time ministry, so I must be an extrovert, right?

Why do I NEED my time at home to be by myself and need my alone time? Is there only one way to be?

I read a blog post that got me to thinking on a blog I follow 1 Timothy 4:12 Girl about being an AMBIVERT. It’s a new term for me. Hadn’t heard that one before, but as I read the post about it written by a person much younger than me, I learned something new. That is why I enjoy following other blogs, I like to learn.

So I guess I am both an extrovert and an introvert. Yes I feel energized among people. I can be tired but when I start teaching, I feel new energy.  When I have acted in dinner theater or in church drama I can feel the audience and be energized. But then there are times I NEED to be alone to re-energize.

Then I thought about the example of Jesus. Jesus is the ultimate example of someone who gives to others and spends time with people. I mean, he is omnipresent (present everywhere) after all. But think about a little verse in Luke 5:16 that is sandwiched between two miracle stories- “But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.”

When Jesus was on earth, he often spent time alone with the Father. It does not escape me that the little verse is between two accounts of miracles. Jesus needed time with the Father to be refreshed. If Jesus needed time alone to pray, how much more do I need it.

For me, time alone refuels my creative side. My favorite time to go to the aqua track is when there is no one else there. Not because I am anti-social. It is because as I walk, ideas come to me for drama scripts, short stories, and my blogs. I absolutely need time alone to pray and listen to worship music each day. Sometimes to restart my day in the afternoon before I go teach in the evenings. Sometimes I just need to be mind numbed and binge watch something on Netflix, shows from Spain lately.

So as an AMBIVERT, yes I love to be around people at times and since that is the only time others see me, they may think I am an extrovert, but I need my alone time with God more and more each day, so I am an introvert in that regards, therefore, I proclaim myself to be an ambivert.

How about you? Do you need alone time to rejuvenate or does being around people revive you? Or are you like me and draw from both at different times?

Oh and thanks 1 Timothy 4:12 Girl for the lesson 🙂

Thanks for stopping by and hope you all have a blessed weekend.

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