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The Introvert & the Mask ©Dawn Minott

On By Dawn MinottIn Prose23 Comments

For those with personality traits which can be classified as “introverted”, give them quiet chilled events, few people and less stimulating environments and they’re in their element.

I’m drawn to nature. I can spend hours by myself in a park, by a river, in a garden because the quiet and stillness that I find underneath trees and on river banks never fail to invoke wonder and contentedness within me.

For people with my personality traits, it means that we focus on internal feelings rather than seeking out external sources of stimulation. It doesn’t mean we’re shy, but more reticent.

With my quiet, reserved, and introspective way of being, the mask has been like my superpower. Not as a disguise but as a buffer. Behind the mask I can process some of the information I so readily take in from the environment and doing so discretely.

Suffice it to say, in 2025 I’m still wearing my mask —a.k.a. my superpower—in crowded enclosed spaces though it’s now okay not to mask up.

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Introverted ©Dawn Minott

On By Dawn MinottIn Poetry22 Comments

Dear World,

I’m introverted

My matter-of-fact stance is often misunderstood

Some think I’m distant or aloof, others say I’m intimidating

Nothing is further from the truth

It’s likely that I’m deep in thought

Or that I’m observing the environment around me

My life compass—it’s a never ending 3-60-degree focus

Always listening, always planning, envisioning or writing

The endless balancing of mind’s up-down climb on the decision tree of “what ifs”

Shy, I’m not, reticent though—that would be quite fitting

I’m likely not the first to speak, or may not speak at all

When I speak it’s a decisive choice, a point most necessary for the making

Adding value, adding integrity, moving the needle on what’s being discussed

By the time I’ve made a decision there’s been a hundred thoughts ahead

Give me quiet spaces, time alone to just be

This is how I gather energy

Don’t mistake, then, my reservation for lackluster

I’m introverted and that’s just that

Sincerely, an Introvert

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