The Introvert's Guide to Extroversion

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  Pushkin.

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  I feel like college was a real struggle for me.

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  This is author Jessica Pan.

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  I always felt like when college kids would go out and party or go to clubs,

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  I thought we were all secretly waiting to come home and then get our pajamas.

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  Jessica had many close friends in college.

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  She couldn't always relate to how outgoing her buddies were.

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  Her besties seemed to seek out noisy parties and busy dance floors,

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  but Jessica was much more at home with small gatherings and intimate conversations.

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  Jessica's friends adored her,

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  but they couldn't always relate to her preferences and just assumed Jessica would want to go big to celebrate when she turned 22.

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  They threw me this surprise birthday party.

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  Friends and family members gathered secretly and waited in Jessica's dark bedroom,

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  ready to pop out and scream as soon as she got home.

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  And I walked in, there was like 50 people staring at me, and I burst into tears.

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  It was my worst nightmare.

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  That's one of the times I felt very much like,

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  okay, I am slightly different from my extroverted friends.

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  But it wasn't just those extroverted friends.

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  Jessica also felt different from the people she grew up with.

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