{"id":1400,"date":"2014-07-14T19:47:17","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T19:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2014-07-14T19:49:15","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T19:49:15","slug":"awakening-to-the-extrovert-in-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=1400","title":{"rendered":"Extrovert In Me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can being less busy actually make you more extroverted?\u00a0 Can being bombarded with busyness make one an introvert?\u00a0 Moving has been a literal step back for me.\u00a0 Settling meant all the stuff keeping me busy before has had to take a back seat. Moving away from the city means all the ways city life is good at keeping one busy is now optional for me.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t have to face it day after day and I can be more myself without fighting to be myself.\u00a0 I am happily in no hurry to take up the rush again, to join the flow of DOING and GOING.\u00a0 I am totally okay with being ordinary and with my kids just slowly frittering away the summer. I am a townie and living in a town has made me feel more like ME again!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Before I left the city I took to exploring my community in a more down to earth kinda way.\u00a0 I travelled the back alleys intentionally and found a place less controlled, a place quieter then the streets and avenues&#8230; it was almost like nature in the midst of the urban.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140113_133036_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140113_133036_1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20140113_133036_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140113_133036_1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140113_133036_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140116_125702_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1407\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140116_125702_1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20140116_125702_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140116_125702_1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140116_125702_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140116_125110_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1406\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140116_125110_1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20140116_125110_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140116_125110_1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140116_125110_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140116_130155_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1408\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140116_130155_1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20140116_130155_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140116_130155_1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140116_130155_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There, in the alleys,\u00a0 I could be by myself, not excluding Riddick though ( my smooth fox terrier) as he is the strong silent type one can always have around.\u00a0 I found there more and more beauty because of the break they offered me and the wild nature they enjoyed in secret.\u00a0 To help my strained little soul I began to collect photos of my alleys and I began to be happier in the back lanes then I was in the public areas of my neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140210_122301_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1409 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140210_122301_1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20140210_122301_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140210_122301_1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140210_122301_1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140210_122301_1-52x52.jpg 52w, http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140210_122301_1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am thankful for our time as city dwellers as I see my Lord had purpose in it as he works purpose in every stage of life.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t declare that another city will not one day be home for us again, but I am glad to have a break from an expectation I couldn&#8217;t keep up with.\u00a0 <em>I no longer feel like so much of an introvert because I can now go and be increasingly social around town without being taxed by a rushed culture; my senses can keep up and my blood pressure can stay down.<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140110_122055_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1402 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140110_122055_2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20140110_122055_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140110_122055_2-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140110_122055_2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140110_122055_2-52x52.jpg 52w, http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140110_122055_2.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Always Lady Mac an Rothaich<\/p>\n<p>TTFN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can being less busy actually make you more extroverted?\u00a0 Can being bombarded with busyness make one an introvert?\u00a0 Moving has been a literal step back for me.\u00a0 Settling meant all the stuff keeping me busy before has had to take a back seat. Moving away from the city means all the ways city life is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,5,14,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1400"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1416,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400\/revisions\/1416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}