Social Turtling
Dec. 9th, 2012 09:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
batskeetsMy Saturday took a lot more out of me than I expected. Granted, it's silly that I didn't expect it, because I did a lot of things on Saturday, but it didn't really occur to me how wiped out I was until this afternoon. I was at a low-key gathering, with people I know reasonably-to-very well, and yet, I wound up spending the majority of my time there eating snacks, focusing very intently on making pipecleaner tree ornaments, and failing at Star Wars origami.
Basically, I was doing a fine job of Social Turtling and retreating into my own headspace--I might as well have been doing all of those activities alone, because I sure wasn't doing much to engage with the people there, unless they engaged me first.
This is not a complaint, or me being hard on myself, however. It's just an observation and Note To Self that, when I'm at a thing and finding every excuse to not engage with other people? Maybe I need to clear space for some alone time. And SOON.
Hence, why I am not out caroling with my teammate tonight, even though it sounded really fun. See? I am learning. ;)
Basically, I was doing a fine job of Social Turtling and retreating into my own headspace--I might as well have been doing all of those activities alone, because I sure wasn't doing much to engage with the people there, unless they engaged me first.
This is not a complaint, or me being hard on myself, however. It's just an observation and Note To Self that, when I'm at a thing and finding every excuse to not engage with other people? Maybe I need to clear space for some alone time. And SOON.
Hence, why I am not out caroling with my teammate tonight, even though it sounded really fun. See? I am learning. ;)
