We love a Friday night in by ourselves curled up watching movies or reading our favorite book. We prefer studying alone, in a quiet space where we can zone out. We cherish our alone time, and we truly could not live without it.

We love going out for brunch with friends, being with our best group of friends, and spending the day going on countless adventures with them. We love big scenes like concerts and the livelihood of big cities and the thrill of interaction with others.

As an introverted extrovert, we know that being alone doesn't mean we are lonely. We don't demand to be the center of attention, and we don't demand exclusion. We know that we function best when we have people around us who bring out the best in us and are always down to do anything but understand that being alone is essential for our well-being.

We cherish our alone time so much because if we aren't careful when spending most of our time in a crowd and forget about our alone time, we tend to lose sight of ourselves, and it slowly hurts us. Being alone means so much more than taking a break from the crowd; it means taking a night or two or three to take care of ourselves and enjoy the simplicity of being on no one's agenda and under the control of others.

We aren't social butterflies. It isn't of our liking to go completely out of our way to have a conversation with every person we come in contact with. We are careful about who we reach out to and get close to, and we rely on our intuition to determine who to open up to and go out of our way to meet.

We hate being in places when the person we are with knows everyone, but we don't. We would rather be the one doing the introducing, than being introduced. We don't mind meeting new people through others, but when it comes to bigger scenes, we feel more comfortable navigating our own way through meeting people instead of having to follow others around.

We know how to make the most of a night for ourselves and optimize our time and efforts when being alone. We are also perfectly capable of thriving and making the most of being with a group of people and being a leader. We know how to adapt and switch between the two, depending on the situation we are in.

It can be hard to find the balance between being extroverted and introverted. But because we are so familiar with ourselves and the people we choose to surround us, we know how to adjust to any situation.

We know how to be all-consumed in being outgoing and how to be perfectly content with being alone. We may be considered a paradox, but we know that it wouldn't work any other way. Thriving off of both alone time and time with friends can be difficult to manage, but I wouldn't trade knowing myself more than anyone and spending time with people who make me better for anything.