This is me, too! I’m laughing so hard. I cringe, as if I can narrow myself down into a few small words, IF I even feel like speaking. LOL Thanks for smiles… and the understanding. 🙂
Wow, this is so me! I’m in grad school and have had the same classmates for a whole year, yet I STILL have to introduce myself to them when we get into a new class. I complain about this all the time to my boyfriend. “Hi, I’m Manda. Now let me reiterate the same 5 dumbass facts I’ve told you guys 8 times already…” It doesn’t help that I have terrible public speaking anxiety.
I really thought i was the only one who felt this way. I have avoided some situations so i don’t have to go through this. Not to mention how terrible i am at staff meetings! A very comforting sketch for me.
Staff meetings. That might be another cartoon altogether. Never been big on them, but mostly because they’ve been run so inefficiently in my personal experience. Anyways, I’m glad that you know that you’re not alone!
My experience is that they are not facilitated well to include people. They just end up being ‘open forums’, with big personalities doing most of the talking. Very difficult for the INFJ, for me anyways.
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Don’t we all!!!
The tenants of my apartment thought it would have been a good idea to get to know each other… and I had to sit in literally a circle of strangers and “talk” … Naturally i just stared and smiled when necessary 😀 LOL
Hi Joe!
Great cartoons! Very clever, original and easy to relate to. Do you also illustrate hsp spec.?
Working on a hsp project and we’re looking for a cartoonist to illustrate our hopefully-book-to-be ab. hsp.
Cheers,
Maya (fellow INFJ)
@signemariana
Hi Maya! Glad you like the cartoons. I think I’ve done only one or two HSP cartoons. Right now, I am so busy working on my own book. Hope you are well. 🙂
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I am so guilty of doing this as a facilitator….ugh
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Yeah, it’s tricky. Depends on the situation. Sometimes an easy silly but specific question is a good ice breaker like “What’s your favorite dessert?”
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This is me, too! I’m laughing so hard. I cringe, as if I can narrow myself down into a few small words, IF I even feel like speaking. LOL Thanks for smiles… and the understanding. 🙂
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Thanks for identifying. I’m not alone.
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Haha too true
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Glad you can identify, Claire.
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I lead groups so I do this all the time, but when it is asked of me, well…
could you write a book please,or maybe just one for me 🙂 ?
sometimes when I read your posts it is as if you have read my mind lol!
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Maybe a cartoon book someday. 🙂
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that’s what I meant 🙂
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Wow, this is so me! I’m in grad school and have had the same classmates for a whole year, yet I STILL have to introduce myself to them when we get into a new class. I complain about this all the time to my boyfriend. “Hi, I’m Manda. Now let me reiterate the same 5 dumbass facts I’ve told you guys 8 times already…” It doesn’t help that I have terrible public speaking anxiety.
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Oh no! I think you just wrote another version of the cartoon. Funny. Yeah, I’m not big on public speaking.
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I really thought i was the only one who felt this way. I have avoided some situations so i don’t have to go through this. Not to mention how terrible i am at staff meetings! A very comforting sketch for me.
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Staff meetings. That might be another cartoon altogether. Never been big on them, but mostly because they’ve been run so inefficiently in my personal experience. Anyways, I’m glad that you know that you’re not alone!
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My experience is that they are not facilitated well to include people. They just end up being ‘open forums’, with big personalities doing most of the talking. Very difficult for the INFJ, for me anyways.
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I laughed so hard at your cartoon. INTJ here–can definitely relate.
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So glad you can relate!
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Reblogged this on The Big Dreamer and commented:
Don’t we all!!!
The tenants of my apartment thought it would have been a good idea to get to know each other… and I had to sit in literally a circle of strangers and “talk” … Naturally i just stared and smiled when necessary 😀 LOL
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Oh no! How awkward that must have been. 🙂
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Hi Joe!
Great cartoons! Very clever, original and easy to relate to. Do you also illustrate hsp spec.?
Working on a hsp project and we’re looking for a cartoonist to illustrate our hopefully-book-to-be ab. hsp.
Cheers,
Maya (fellow INFJ)
@signemariana
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Hi Maya! Glad you like the cartoons. I think I’ve done only one or two HSP cartoons. Right now, I am so busy working on my own book. Hope you are well. 🙂
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