You know I’m having one of “those” days when I get quiet. I run the range from extreme introvert to extreme extrovert in any given month or year, but when I am introverted I get very, very quiet. It’s not just that I don’t say a lot, I also don’t speak very loudly. My voice, usually quite presentational — especially when I am speaking in front of an audience — turns soft and slow. You might even hear my old rural Ohio accent start to creep back in. It does that when I am tired, too — or when I talk to relatives back home. It is amazing what sticks with you after so many years away.
Now, being quiet doesn’t necessary mean I am depressed. I could just be tired a bit world weary or perhaps just on the deep side of one of my introverted states. Even more importantly, it doesn’t mean I am trying to avoid conversation. In fact, I have some of my best thoughts and best conversations in this state. I think the quietness forces me to slow down and think through things before talking instead of just blurting out the first thing that comes to mind. That said, I can have some great ideas in that way, too. Yet another example of my swings from one extreme to another.
Today seems a day when the quiet is brought on by being deep in thought. I’ve had quiet a few of those moments lately, as my life is requiring a lot of thinking and deciding. This not only turns me thoughtful, but can also tired me out both mentally and physical — which, of course, reinforces the quiet.
So, I’ll see where tomorrow takes me on the scale form 0 to 11 (SMILE). Thankfully, it usually falls somewhere in the middle, but it can be difficult to know until the day begins. For all it can bring to you, I wish you a bit of quiet time, followed by a bit of loud and then a bit of the middle ground. I know it can help me do some thinking and might help you, too.
Previously on End of the Day:
- Just another day — End of the Day for August 26, 2014
- Everything is connected – End of the Day for August 25, 2014
- Nature shows Summer’s End – End of the Day for August 24, 2014
- Cash in and check out – End of the Day for August 23, 2014
- A Time for Everything, including nothing — End of the Day for August 21, 2014
- Busy, busy, busy – End of the Day for August 20, 2014
- Reversal of Fortunes – End of the Day for August 19, 2014
- Under the weather…or just being lazy – End of the Day for August 18, 2014
- The long hot summer nights – End of the Day for August 17, 2014
- Looking for the Fall – End of the Day for August 16, 2014
- Let the sun shine in! – End of the Day for August 15, 2014
- Trolls – End of the Day for August 14, 2014
- Here we go again! – End of the Day for August 13, 2014
- Flowers and trees – End of the Day for August 12, 2014
- Rite of passage – End of the Day for August 11, 2014
- A little art – End of the Day for August 10, 2014
- A little night…burlesque! – End of the Day for August 9, 2014
- Another outdoor event tonight – End of the Day for August 8, 2014
- Dealing with stress — poorly – End of the Day for August 6, 2014
- Early rising – End of the Day for August 5, 2014
- It just keeps rolling along – End of the Day for August 4, 2014
- Unseasonable Weather – End of the Day for August 3, 2014
- A little bit of this. A little bit of that. – End of the Day for August 2, 2014
- A gelato evening — End of the Day for August 1, 2014
- End of the Day for July 2014
- End of the Day for June 2014
- End of the Day for May 2014
- End of the Day for April 2014
- End of the Day for March 2014
- End of the Day for February 2014
- End of the Day for January 2014