Bobbi posted this poem a couple of days ago. It’s one of the best explanations of a particular aspect of introversion that I’ve come across. There are other reasons for being an introvert, of course, but part of mine does have to do with living the life I want as much as I can. That translates to consciously choosing social occasions whenever possible, rather than going to everything regardless of how much it does or doesn’t matter.

As Much As You Can
Constantine P. Cavafy

Even if you can’t shape your life the way you want,
at least try as much as you can
not to degrade it
by too much contact with the world,
by too much activity and talk.
Do not degrade it by dragging it along,
taking it around and exposing it so often
to the daily silliness
of social relations and parties,
until it comes to seem a boring hanger-on.