Speakers are blasting a familiar tune. People around me sway to the rhythm, but the smoke in the room doesn’t hide my lonely corner. I try to look amused, but my eyes betray me, dancing through the crowd to land on the door. No matter where I look, I always end up on doors.
I’m animated when someone talks to me, like a puppet that’s brought to life. I get to cosplay being alive and fun. Like I’m engaged in a very important and interesting discussion.
I only get a sudden urge to dance when the music is long behind me, like I’m trying to make up for lost time. Being that late to enjoying the party is a peculiar dysfunction of mine.
I compensate by creating my own playlist and fixing what happened in a daydream.
It burns double the energy, and I’m exhausted.

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Sign of introvert–got drained after the crowd. That’s me. I also enjoyed music a lot, but on low volume.
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Exactly! I was exhausted as if it were a marathon I just did, but my brain was wired!
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Always a marathon in the crowd.😁
Hope you had a great rest to gain the energy back.
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Right? 😅 I did, tho, so I feel good now! Thank you!!
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Sounds great. Back to energetic mood.🤩 My pleasure!
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We’re so back!! 🤩
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Heavy rain is coming here. How’s the weather there?
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Sunny, but cold! But we did have a couple of days of rain, too! Rain is for reading 😄
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Rain is for cozy time in bed or hammock. How cold?
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Best combo! We have this type of wind called bura, and it bites 😅 But it’s nice now!
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Biting winds 😁 enjoy your jacket or sweater!
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I am actually! I am wearing a sweater right now 😂
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That sounds comforting. I very rarely wear sweater here😁 too hot
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We had a very sudden switch into fall, so sweaters are already a must. Usually, we only get a biting winter in January and February. 😅
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Well, I’d say, enjoy your sweater and all the coldness or snow if there is already now. Remember, we don’t have that here.😁
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Thankss! I’m in my grandpa’s big old flannel shirt right now, and we had sooo much rain this week! It doesn’t really snow here, at least not in my region. We sometimes have it in either November or February, but it lasts like a day or two. I’ll post some photos so you can see, if it does fall this year 😁
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Oh gosh! I’m excited. I love watching snow in photos, but I don’t know how I cope up if I’m in that snowy place.
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I get it! I’m not the biggest fan of snow, because sometimes all that can be a bit overwhelming and inconvenient, too, but luckily it doesn’t fall much here, so we can enjoy it, but no storms and such 😅 I’ll show you what it looks like if it falls this year.
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I think the rare things are treasured like your infrequent snow there 🤩 looking forward to it.
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Yep! That is very true! Everyone does get happy because it’s not something we get often. 😄 me too, but first, the olive harvest season!
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Olive harvest? Like a farm?
That’s how we appreciate the magic of nature, yes.
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Yep, sort of! But when we get into the harvest season properly, I’ll show you, because it’s not like a singular field where they grow, but yes, we have a lot of olive trees 🤩 Exactly!
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I get wanting to exit and dancing alone.
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I love this. You identified a something I have never articulated, ‘late to the party’ dysfunction. I get this. Wow!
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I wasn’t sure I could describe it properly. I’m glad that it did manage to translate well.
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That you did!
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Thankss! 😊
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This is so beautifully written, yet a little heartbreaking. 🤍 Sometimes we feel the most alone in a room full of people. Your words capture that feeling so honestly. 🌸🦋✨
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Thank you! 🤍 It used to hurt more because I was trying to put myself out there in a way that didn’t feel authentic to me, so I was feeling out of my skin constantly, which would only create more anxiety, but now I give myself more grace, so it’s actually fine, I guess 😅🦋
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love the beach pic. i get shy or quiet when others try to talk to me
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thankss! that was a crow my brother scared away even though i warned him that they remember faces!!
i get that. i’m not really comfortable with small talk, and sometimes straight up forget to ask a follow-up question to continue the conversation, but then i get really animated when any of my “comfort” topics are mentioned. it’s fine. atp it’s just managing to get pass the awkwardness if possible.
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