“How often are you checking that website, Renata?” Josh asked me in a panic as I sent him a link for a freelance opportunity that I had sent him several days that week. “Oh, I don’t know. I just leave the link up on the browser on my phone, so I just check it throughout the day.” “You seem obsessed with this one thing. Maybe … Continue reading Enthusiasm Is My Brand
I’m a thinker. Tried and true. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sat in a therapist’s chair and proudly explained how I felt about a situation. As someone who, like many others, repressed negative emotions, I’ve been in therapy to work on processing said emotions, so I feel proud of myself when I can name them. I would sit back in my therapist’s … Continue reading Becoming Empathetic
From what I’ve heard, when it comes to routine, there are two different kinds of people: people who like routine and people who prefer spontaneity/variety. In Myers-Briggs speak (because you know that I can’t talk about personality without talking about the MBTI), this is P(erceiving) vs J(udging). P’s (like me), lean more towards spontaneity and shy away from routine. J’s have this really annoying tendency … Continue reading My Love/Hate Relationship with Routine
I like patterns. I’ve always been good at finding themes and patterns in the world. And as such, I’ve learned a very important rule of the universe: HUMANS DEFY ALL PATTERNS. Yup, as someone who has struggled with empathy her entire life and who searches for patterns in everything, I’ve found humans to be totally impossible to predict. That being said, ever since I originally … Continue reading Introverted Extrovert
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