janusthorn's blog post - Journey in the mind of an omnivert

Inside the mind of an omnivert

You may not have realised this but I am an omnivert. Now, now, I can imagine some people's reaction to this - 'what sort of bollocks is he spouting now?' - and I understand that as the first time I heard it, it's exactly what I thought, but hear me out. An omnivert is somebody with both introvert and extrovert qualities. I always used to think myself an introvert - I am very modest and self deprecating (which has limited my career from time to time); I am shy with people I don't know and I prefer written conversation to oral.
But! I also love being the centre of attention! It's like performance and I am therefore great at parties and public speaking etc. I can be the life and soul when I want to be and am not backward about coming forward. So l, you see, there is a paradox. I love a good paradox - it makes life so much more exciting.
NN does appeal to both sides of my character: I can put out; be naughty; be occasionally outrageous; say things I wouldn't in public. But equally, I can be shy and never reveal the real world me. You get real me in either world but just different facets of my personality.
I can spot a lot of extro- intro- and omniverts here - which are you, dear reader?
There is a point to all of this but my introvert side kicked in so I am going to think about it tonight and decide whether to post about that tomorrow!