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The Struggle Being an Extrovert in Isolation
A few years into the pandemic, my extrovert batteries are running low after years of working from home. But I know I’m not alone in the struggle.
I knew that life after 2020 would be a struggle for me. And for once in the last few years, I can’t blame it solely on the pandemic.
Sure, the stay-at-home orders and the quarantine behaviors weren’t easy. However, I was luckier than most with my at-home situation. But the stay-at-home orders don’t account for my current stress about 2022.
You see, it has been almost four years since I worked full-time in my original work field of higher education and the isolation of working independently continues to hit me hard.
I have written about my adventures in job-searching in my book, Tales of a Displaced Worker. I have also written about the job-search process throughout my blog. And I have tried to pivot to online course-writing. nonprofit workforce development, and coaching in the past year.
But the biggest stressor, still, is the lack of interpersonal interactions that used to fuel my creativity and natural problem-solving cravings.
