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Happy 100th Day of the Year, folks!

On this wonderfully grand yet utterly pointless holiday, let's take a moment to remember 10 important things that happened to you in the past 100 days.
Here goes nothing:
1. I quit school (holla!)
2. From 9 interviews, I landed one job
3. I couldn't land a job that three of my friends have (which is severely depressing)
4. I learned how to bake banana bread and have not stopped baking since the day I came home
5. I haven't weighed myself lately, but I'm pretty sure I gained a few pounds le sigh
6. Since leaving school, I've realized that I can only miss crew more and more
7. Finally fixed my bike! (but I'm not quite sure it's quite right)
8. I've learned to appreciate my current situation and have been reassured that my leaving school was the right thing to do
9. Realized that blogging is a good way to hook interviews
10. I got a new pair of sunnies.

Wow this list is pretty pathetic. Perhaps I should've asked for 10 things I've learned or realized in the past 100 days. I mean really, who experiences something important every 10 days? Well, I can think of a few people... but us normal folks really have it hard, huh? Or maybe it's just me... because I have nothing to do.

Regardless of my shortcomings, think of 10 of your own things to remember these past 100 days by...

How to be an Ambivert, Part 1 of Some

We have introverts, extroverts, and yes—ambiverts. Ambiverts, as the name would suggest, are those of us who fall somewhere between introversion and extraversion. As a matter of fact, I think I'm one.

Based on the introvert and extrovert questionnaires, I fell somewhere in between. All my life, I've identified as an introvert and all of a sudden, I'm not. This can mean one of several things:

1. I'm a really good pseudo-extrovert
2. Somewhere along the 18 years of my life, I've developed extroverted qualities to enhance my inner pseudo-extrovert
3. I'm simply an ambivert and never even realized

While I was compiling that list of possibilities explaining the sudden unearthing of hidden identity, I realized that there is no way that I'm an extrovert. No way. Absolutely NONE. 

First I'd like to point out something important: being introverted is not a bad thing. Seriously, it isn't. About 50% of the population is an introvert or introvert-leaning (like me) so chances are, you know quite a number of introverts. 

Anyway, I concluded that I can't be an extrovert because no matter how much I enjoy going out or spending time with my friends, my ideal vacation would be spent reading on the beach, I enjoy lazing around at home, and if I could, I would just stay at home and waste away for the rest of my life although that is incredibly unhealthy and I do not recommend that to anyone. But no, I do not relish massive social interaction or social activity in groups larger than the number of fingers I have on either hand. Heck, I didn't even go to prom and I severely doubt I actually missed out on anything momentous.

But yes, I am an introversion-leaning ambivert. I'll have to continue reading my book to find out if that's already an established identity. But if not, this is written proof that I've independently arrived to this conclusion without the aid of outside sources. It probably is though.

More to come in Part 2...

20 Ways to Find out if You're an Extrovert

1. Do you prefer one-on-one conversations to group activities?
2. Do you often prefer to express yourself in writing?
3. Do you enjoy solitude?
4. Do you seem to care less than your peers about wealth, fame, and status?
5. Do you dislike small talk, but enjoy talking in depth about topics that matter to you?
6. Do people tell you that you're a good listener?
7. Do you avoid taking big risks?
8. Do you enjoy work that allows you to "dive in" with few interruptions?
9. Do you like to celebrate birthdays on a small scale with only a few close friends or family members?
10. Do people describe you as "soft-spoken" or "mellow?"
11. Do you prefer not to show or discuss your work with others until it's finished?
12. Do you dislike conflict?
13. Do you do your best work on your own?
14. Do you tend to think before you speak?
15. Do you feel drained after being out and about, even if you enjoyed yourself?
16. Do you often let calls go through to voicemail?
17. If you had to choose, would you prefer a weekend with absolutely nothing to do over one with too many things scheduled?
18. Do you dislike or don't enjoy multitasking?
19. Can you concentrate easily?
20. Do you prefer lectures to seminars in classroom situations?

If you answered "No" to any majority of the questions listed above, congratulations! The more times you answered "No," the more extroverted you are. Extroverts are often characterized by their gregariousness, comfort in the spotlight, and preference of action to contemplation. Fun fact: the United States is among the most extroverted of nations.

Extroverts are lucky in that they are comfortable living in the "Extrovert Ideal" because their true characteristics are prized and considered 'ideal.' The Extrovert Ideal is the belief that the ideal person is friendly, sociable, and outgoing, all traits that shape an extrovert.

Excerpted from Quiet by Susan Cain

20 Ways to Find out if You're an Introvert

It's the psychological riddle that boggles us all: Am I an introvert or an extrovert, and what does that mean?

NEWS

Hey, world! Guess what? I just won $20k off a scratch off!!!! You can't even begin to imagine how excited I am!!! The first thing I'm going to buy is a new pair of shoes, then I'm going to splurge and invest the rest in Starbucks!!!

Heh jk/ happy April fool's!
But seriously, that's probably what I would do. What would you do with $20,000?