I just finished a Summer internship as a hospital chaplain on Friday. The program is called CPE, which stands for Clinical Pastoral Education. Although much of the time is spent visiting patients, there is also a lot of time for reflection and processing of the experience. Although I think this has been an incredibly enriching experience for me, as and introvert I found it totally exhausting. Since it’s finished I feel like I have almost boundless energy, which I think is a sign of just how drained I felt this Summer.
This has led me to think a little about what it means to be an introvert and I’ve decided to start collecting tips and perspectives on how to keep the world from sucking the life out of me. I’ll probably make a few posts on this topic as I figure more things out, but I want to start with this simple idea; The world as it is can work very well for an introvert.
