So many times I have been told to “come out of my shell”. And while I did try from time to time, it was forced and didn’t come naturally to me at all. Worst of all, the people who told me this, also preached about the quote “always be yourself”. Such contradiction!
Just an FYI, it is completely ok to stay within your shell if you are comfortable there! 🙂
Andrea, Children’s Book Illustrator 
I have a brave hat. Whenever I’m unsure of a situation, I put on my brave hat. When I wear my hat, nothing wrong can happen to me!
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Awww. I have been told many times to “come out of my shell” and this sums it up perfectly!!!
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In the same series, ”You need to leave your comfort zone.” Said by a person who never does that themselves 😇
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I love how you made this “rule” by yourself. And that is the trick, isn’t it?!
For me it’s stripes shirts, especially when playing chess. Sometimes I look at back at photos of the competitions I used to do and I always had a striped shirt on 😀 and the one time I didn’t, I wasn’t in the top 3! 🤫
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Hah, right?!
I am just going to stay in my shell where it is a bit colder and darker than most people like, but that’s just what I prefer 😅
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Shotgun please, hahah.
The worst kind of advice giver!
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If people are getting close enough to tell you to come out of your shell, you may not be introverting properly.
When this happens, focus your eyes on something far away over their left shoulder. Tilt your head one way, then the next, and furrow your brow.
When they turn around, cast your ‘disappear’ cantrip. The spell is in the introvert starter kit. 🙂
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I like the box I live in, and I’m happy here 💞💞💞 Outside the shell is highly overrated.
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I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to read that 🙂
I just know that I can always count on the blogging community to relate 🙂 and it feels awesome
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These days quotes can be so contradictory
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Very much. And I have made it my life mission to call people on that 😉
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You guys are the real heroes!!
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Yay!!!
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As a fellow introvert, I’ve had people tell me that too. Or they tell me to open up before I’m ready to, and then when I try and fake it they accuse me of not being myself. Well, duh!
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I have been in that exact situation sooo many times!
I’m sure the world needs both introverts and extroverts, but there is no way I would ever voluntarily spend my i e amongst extroverts 😅
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LOL. Same here!
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