{all photos from a recent trip with friends to wine country}

I used to think I was an extrovert.

What I am discovering is that I am an introvert (AKA hermit) and an occasional extrovert (AKA party animal).

Every 2-4 months or so I will get together with friends here in the US.

Sometimes it is for business (teaching a class etc) and sometimes just for fun.

If you read my blog you might think I am extremely social, travel a ton and spend lots of times with friends.

The truth is that it really means I see a friend every 2-4 months.

Truth!

When I am home I like to be in my pajamas, do school with my kids, hang out with my family, make art, tinker with my house, drink too much coffee……

I think you get the picture.

I don’t leave home.

I have come to appreciate that I really love home.

Love my family.

Love running a business.

Love my pajamas (they are cute and from Anthro if that makes it any more acceptable).

When I get together with friends it fills my cup back up.

Sometimes I hadn’t even realized how much I needed a break (or to actually wear clothes that don’t stretch).

I spend 2-4 days with good friends, laugh (really, really hard), eat good food, wear clothes other than pajamas, talk about our goals, eat more good food…..

I then come home, cuddle up with my family, get back into my pajamas (that I now have to wear because I ate too much good food), make art, make dinners, take walks and feel full.

Content.

I may not interact with anyone else for months:-)

I used to feel bad that I didn’t want to do things every night or that I wasn’t always going here or there.

I dreaded that kind of social life.

I have come to appreciate that this is me.

It is OK.

I love being home, creating, being with my family and occasionally doing things that require makeup and publicly acceptable clothing.

I never understood that being too social wears me out and drains me.

I didn’t realize that just the right amount of playtime fills me up, surges my creativity and makes me a better wife and mother.

Are you an extrovert, introvert or a little of both?