I am an introvert myself. You could probably tell by my website name. I have recently been trying to find a job because I am now almost turning 20 and would like to have a little money under my belt in order to help pay off some student loans in college. I’ve never had a job before but some would say that is perfectly normal for a student. But in my case it is not, mainly I’ve actually been trying to get a job. I think I have finally come down to the bottom of what is stopping me. Hopefully it will help someone else see the problem.
I want to say that the number 1 reason is self sabotage. I have a big fear of failure and not being perfect at all times, so when put in the position of judgement within a work environment I might mess up. This holds me back from wanting to put myself into that situation at all. I’m not trying hard enough because I am scared of rejection and failure due to my perfectionism tendency’s. This might sound like it doesn’t make sense because perfectionist make things perfect. But if you know that their is no way to be perfect there is a possibility of not trying at all.
Of course I’ve tried to apply and received a few interviews but I noticed that I always had an excuse for why I couldn’t do the job. One example would be, not wanting to work on Sundays or not wanting to work in a fast pace restaurant or something along those lines. I even found myself turning down a few offers and looking back at that irritates me to my core.
Another pretty good reason why an introvert is not getting a job for the same reason of self sabotage is because of being afraid of being trapped around people that suck your energy out. Introverts love their me time and a job will take that away very quickly and we know that. That time we spend with ourselves is very precious to us and can be the difference between a good mood and a bad mood.
So, I’ve figured out the problem. How am I going to fix it? I think so far my best approach to the problem would be to expand my comfort zone. Also realize that even though it is said a lot, no body is perfect and I can’t expect to ever reach perfection. If I keep trying I will just keep getting let down because nothing is perfect like I just said. No one should let fear determine how they live their lives. We need to learn how to get comfortable in surroundings that we are not use to. Also need to stop putting limits and labels on ourselves. Be whoever and whatever you want to be and believe that you can do it! Now lets get out there and try to get a job. I hope this helped because writing it out helped me put it into perspective more for myself.
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