My name is Katelyn, and I am an introvert.

My favorite game is solitaire.  I have sat in restaurants alone before, and I don't mind at all.  My favorite times are when I am with one or two close friends.  Groups of less than ten are best.  I don't mind parties, but I need by myself time afterward.  I have mastered the arts of finding alone time in a crowd and of avoiding people I just don't have the energy to talk to.  I appreciate people who take time to deeply invest in me and don't have the social strength for people who always expect me to make the first move.

I am not shy, I am not socially awkward, and I am not afraid of people.

I enjoy a plan.  I desire consistency.  Schedules are my friend.  I like things in order.  I like to know what to expect.  I like grammar and rules and systems.  I also like surprises and spontaneity in small doses, and I have been known to allot time in my schedule specifically for being spontaneous.

I love to organize.  I love to figure people and things out.  I love to discover how and why people do things and the effects those things have on the world.  I like to read, and even more I like to listen.  I tell detailed stories when people are willing to listen and even sometimes when they aren't.  I like to sit alone in my room, in my head, and think or feel or do... alone.  I am good at lists and plans.

I come up with great ideas on my own and then I talk to people about them and together we make them better.  My last job consisted mostly of me sitting in my office and writing down all my good ideas.  For hours.  I am good at details.  I pay attention.  I have a good memory, especially for the things others easily forget.

If you need a plan or a new organizational system for your desk or can't figure out how to make something fit into your schedule or can never seem to be on time or can't remember if you need a comma somewhere in that sentence or didn't get the notes from class on Friday, I can probably help you with that, and I don't mind if you ask me.  And yes, that was a run-on sentence.  Most rules allow room for bending and creativity :)

There is nothing wrong with me that I like parties less than others.  There is nothing wrong with me that I prefer that I follow the rules and that others do the same.  I am no less important than an outgoing, dynamic extrovert.  I am also no more important; the world needs us, and the world needs a balance.

And for the LOVE please stop with all the group projects.

http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html