Ambiverts
are those who fall relatively in the middle of being introverted and
extroverted – they identify with characteristics of both personality traits,
and can even adapt depending on the situation. It’s almost like being
ambidextrous, but with your personality. ‘Ambivert’ is a relatively new term
and it’s likely you’re an ambivert if you feel that “introvert” or “extrovert”
doesn’t fully describe you.
You’re an
ambivert if:
1. You feel comfortable
socializing with new people, but you’re also fine with alone time.
When it
comes to “recharging,” sometimes spending a day on your own is a nice change of
pace, and other times it feels great to go out and spend time with friends. If
you have plans for the weekend, awesome. But if you don’t or if they get
cancelled, that’s fine too, you had things to do anyway.
2. You
know when to be outgoing and when to be reserved. You naturally adapt to the
situation.
When you’re with
someone who’s very extroverted or very introverted, you tend to balance out the
situation by becoming the opposite. It has become a subconscious habit for you
– when you’re with a bunch of outgoing people you don’t really try to fuel the
fire, but you also feel the need to liven up the situation when you’re around
people that are quiet.
3.
When you read about the characteristics of introverts or extroverts, you can
relate to both.
Even if you lean a little bit either way,
it seems like some days you’d classify yourself as extroverted, but other days
introverted. You tend to thrive at more intimate get togethers like dinner
parties or barbecues, but at big events like concerts you aren’t as likely
to draw attention to yourself.
4.
Sometimes you’re immersed in the moment and other times you’re just observing
your surroundings and the people around you.
Getting a conversation going isn’t
difficult, nothing to stress about. But then when you’re with a group of people
you feel content with just listening and laughing along. You’re comfortable
with thinking to yourself, especially when you feel like you don’t need to add
to the conversation to keep it going.
5.
Small talk doesn’t scare you, but at times it seems a little disingenuous.
You see the value in starting at small
talk though, it leads to the possibility of building up to more meaningful
conversations. You’ve got to start somewhere though.
6. You
could do things on your own or with company, it’s whatever really.
Introverts really value alone time, and
extroverts would rather do nothing with someone than do nothing by themselves.
For you, it would be fine either way. Some days you’d prefer one over the
other, but for the most part you don’t have a strong preference.
7.
Some people would describe you as quiet, and others would say you’re very
sociable.
Coworkers or classmates that have only
seen you in a professional or academic setting see the side of you that’s
reserved because that’s how you are in those situations. But what they don’t
know is that when it comes time for it, you’re perfectly comfortable with putting
yourself out there.
8.
Spending too much time with others can be a little draining, but spending a lot
of time alone can leave you feeling gloomy and unproductive.
When you’re working on your own for a
while, you like to get up to take a break and talk to people. It’d probably be
the worst thing ever to have to sit alone and work by yourself for an extended
amount of time. However, it’s great to get away for a bit when you’ve been
around people for a while. Maybe you didn’t even realize you really needed
that.
Essentially, being an ambivert is like
being a jack of all trades. Ambiverts are pretty flexible and can adapt well to
whatever environment they’re in. There are those who have more introverted
tendencies and those with more extroverted tendencies, but they’re pretty much
half and half.
Wouldn’t it be great if personality tests
like Myers-Briggs included an option of being ambiverted?
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