Quick Chat 019: Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

In this episode, Kevin, Jack, and Xochitl talk about being an introvert, an extrovert, or as Jack and Kevin learned for the first time, an ambivert. What about you? In what situations are you introverted or extroverted?Website: https://atozenglishpodcast.com/?p=1856Share your answers to the discussion questions in our WhatsApp group chat! https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7If you could take a minute and complete a short survey about the podcast, we would be very appreciative. You can find the survey here: https://forms.gle/HHNnnqU6U8W3DodK8We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future episodes.Intro/Outro Music by Eaters: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/eaters/the-astronomers-office/agents-in-coffee-shops/Discussion Questions: 1.    Are you an introvert, an extrovert, or an ambivert? And why do you think so?2.    Do you know any introverts or extroverts?3.    Why do you think most people are ambiverts?  Full Transcript: 00:00:02JackYou are listening to the A-Z English podcast.00:00:10KevinWelcome to an A-Z English quick chat. We're going to surprise each other with a topic for the day and see where the conversation goes.00:00:17KevinRemember, you can check our website for study guide with vocabulary, notes, discussion, questions and more, as well as links to our WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media. So you 2.00:00:27KevinCan join in the conversation.00:00:29KevinSo Jack, how you doing today?00:00:31JackI'm pretty good.00:00:31KevinWhat do you want to talk about?00:00:33JackYou know what I want to talk about?00:00:35JackWhether you think the three of us, do you think you are an extrovert or an introvert?00:00:41JackAnd so that might be some, we might have to explain the vocabulary there first before we yeah.00:00:46KevinI think we should.00:00:48JackSo how would you describe an introvert?00:00:48KevinI think we should.00:00:51JackWhat does that mean?00:00:53KevinIntroverts, no go ahead.00:00:53발표자 1I think.00:00:54KevinSo, So what do you think?00:00:55XochitlOh, there's an introvert is someone who feels recharged by spending time alone.00:00:59XochitlThat's the basic and an extroverted so many feels recharged by spending time with others.00:01:04XochitlPeople so.00:01:05KevinI like that definition.00:01:06JackI do too.00:01:07KevinBeing recharged by by that, yeah, someone who's better alone or better with people.00:01:12KevinBut yeah, you get energy from from that.00:01:15KevinAnd the opposite is takes your energy away, right?00:01:18KevinLike if you're an introvert and you're with a lot of people, that's very difficult.00:01:22KevinIt it's draining your batteries and if you're an extrovert in your home.00:01:25KevinAlone, you're just bored and and wasting time.00:01:28KevinNice. That's a cool definition.00:01:29JackSo let's let's let's start with social first.00:01:32JackHow would you define yourself?00:01:34JackWould you say you're an extrovert or an intro?00:01:36XochitlSo I'm actually an ambivert and this is like why I thought of this as well.00:01:42XochitlI was like, everyone is like, oh, there's like a meme that goes around.00:01:45XochitlIt's like, oh, I'm an extroverted introvert.00:01:47XochitlOr I'm an introvert, extrovert.00:01:48XochitlAnd like, the word you're looking for is anywhere.00:01:50발표자 5Please could someone just understand?00:01:52XochitlBecause when I I remember when I took psych caught like 18 psych in high school, our teacher literally was like, yeah, most people like 99% of people are actually Angry Birds is.00:02:02XochitlReally rare for people to be a true introvert or true extrovert and I really.00:02:06KevinThis is actually the first time I've heard that term of ambivert as well.00:02:09발표자 1Yeah, is this?00:02:10KevinAnd of course, right.00:02:10JackAm by like that and be.00:02:13XochitlYeah, and I and.00:02:14KevinWell, OK, think about think about it, Jack.00:02:16KevinLike, ambidextrous, right?00:02:17KevinIf you use both hands and I am B.00:02:18JackYeah, right, right. Yeah.00:02:20KevinSo yeah, ambidextrous, both hands.00:02:23KevinThat's interesting.00:02:23KevinYeah, so an ambivert someone who in some situations is introverted in some situations is is extroverted.00:02:31XochitlYeah, and I really, I think the biggest thing for me is like I I can't like, I used to spend a lot of.00:02:38XochitlTime alone, but I think.00:02:40XochitlIt's I feel better when I go out and spend time with friends and like do.00:02:44XochitlThings but when I come home, I.00:02:46XochitlNeed like a solid amount of?00:02:47XochitlTime to myself too.00:02:48XochitlI can't just like a lot of my sister is a true extrovert and she'll just, like go out with people.00:02:53XochitlSpend the whole day with people.00:02:55XochitlDo everything people.00:02:55XochitlCome home to like.00:02:57XochitlHer two dogs, 3 cats and whatever like.00:03:00XochitlAnd then go.00:03:00발표자 1Yeah, right.00:03:00XochitlAnd then just like blow this week and I'm like, no, no, no, if I go out with people, I needed a solid hour or two to myself.00:03:06XochitlSo will wind down 1st and.00:03:08XochitlThen go to.00:03:08KevinRight, exactly.00:03:08발표자 1Sleep, but if I.00:03:10XochitlSpend too much time alone, I also.00:03:12XochitlDon't feel well, so I'm definitely just.00:03:13XochitlLike a true and.00:03:17KevinI think, I think we're going to, we'll probably all say now that we've learned this new word from you.00:03:21KevinSo that's why I think I also am an ambivert.00:03:24KevinBut but we can define these a little bit more.00:03:26KevinI think for me, my case is also kind of interesting, I mean.00:03:32KevinI think all of us here, we have to be at least somewhat extroverted because we're recording ourselves and.00:03:38KevinPutting it on the Internet for people to see.00:03:40KevinA true introvert would not be willing to do this right.00:03:44KevinThis would be scary for treasure, right?00:03:44JackNo, this would be health and yeah, be terrible, yeah.00:03:49KevinAnd then like the.00:03:50KevinThree of us.00:03:50KevinAlso, we've all lived in other countries.00:03:52KevinWe all came to Korea like, that's something that, for a true introvert, would be very difficult to do so overall.00:03:58KevinI'm pretty extroverted in many ways, though, I'm the same like when I come home after a long day of school.00:04:04KevinI'm talking to students all day.00:04:06KevinI kind of do want just 30 minutes or an hour.00:04:08KevinJust to not talk.00:04:10KevinAnd just calm down.00:04:12KevinBut my case is kind of interesting because when I was a kid I was crazy shy.00:04:17KevinLike crazy shy, I was the kid who would hide behind my mom's leg and be like, don't talk to me.00:04:24KevinDon't look at me.00:04:24KevinOh my God.00:04:26KevinAnd and so I was super introverted, super shy when I was very young and then sometime between high school and university I kind of came out of my shell and and found the extrovert Kevin that that I am now.00:04:46XochitlI would say I really relate to that because.00:04:48XochitlI remember when I was a kid, my parents.00:04:50XochitlAnd I do.00:04:50XochitlRemember, doing this people would come up.00:04:51XochitlTalking and I say.00:04:52XochitlDon't talk to me, I'm shy.00:04:55JackThat's an extroverted, that's a that's a power.00:04:58JackMove right there.00:04:59발표자 5Yeah, my dad was like, you're not shy, you're reserving.00:05:03발표자 5You just don't want to bother with these people.00:05:05발표자 5Like, really weird a little kid to be that way.00:05:08발표자 1Right.00:05:08XochitlSo yeah, and my sister was a true extrovert.00:05:11XochitlMy mom said it's fine 'cause.00:05:12XochitlShe's my older sister, and when she would talk to strangers, I'd be like.00:05:15XochitlDon't talk to strangers like let's go.00:05:18발표자 5Young like a six year.00:05:20XochitlOld being like don't hug strangers.00:05:22KevinStranger danger?00:05:24KevinAnd what about you, Jack?00:05:25JackI'm definitely an ambivert and I just learned that term right now, but.00:05:31발표자 1Give me for.00:05:31KevinSmith and more give you some details.00:05:32JackTop yeah, so yeah, so I'm trying to think.00:05:34JackLike for me.00:05:36JackGoing out with people is a little bit stressful.00:05:39JackIt gives me anxiety.00:05:41JackSo I'm OK with not doing that.00:05:45JackWhere, you know, like an extrovert really wants to meet up with friends and go out.00:05:49JackFor me it's like it feels like effort and work and then once I'm out and I'm, I'm with my friends and doing something.00:05:57JackI feel great.00:05:58JackI'm like I'm so.00:05:59JackGlad I did this.00:06:00JackI'm so glad I decided to, you know, come out of my.00:06:05JackLittle apartment, my little house, and to, you know, actually interact with other people, humans.00:06:11JackBut I do tend to kind of go back to being alone and I think it has something to do with just the nature of.00:06:21JackOf living in another country and not really understanding the language and the customs and stuff that.00:06:27JackUh, and so I would often spend a lot of time by myself and just kind of put my headphones in and just I really.00:06:36JackBe kind of introverted, but I don't I think naturally I'm, I'm, you know, kind of in the middle, you know, just a just a regular, you know person, a little bit of both.00:06:46KevinYeah, yeah.00:06:48KevinI think travel.00:06:49KevinIs where this really can come out in people in one way or the other.00:06:52KevinIs depending on your travel styles and and this might be something interesting as well to talk about in a future episode is how do you like?00:07:00KevinTo travel but.00:07:02KevinLike when you guys have.00:07:03KevinYou ever done much solo traveling just to another country for, you know, a week or two just completely on your own, or do you prefer to travel with?00:07:11XochitlI mean I.00:07:12XochitlWent to Korea solo, right?00:07:13XochitlAnd I'm here in Mexico, so so I guess, yeah, I'm mad.00:07:17KevinI'm gonna say though, that that's a little bit different from traveling because that's going to move and to live there.00:07:24KevinI'm saying like you go to Thailand or.00:07:28KevinCanada or Russia, pick a country for just you know like 2 weeks just to travel and.00:07:33KevinJust to do.00:07:34KevinSightseeing and and just be a tourist.00:07:35KevinAre you going to do that alone or with friends?00:07:39발표자 5I think I preferred to trout like when I.00:07:42XochitlWas in Korea and.00:07:43XochitlI would travel to different places within Korea.00:07:45KevinRight. OK.00:07:45XochitlYou commit with my friends and.00:07:47XochitlThe funny thing is, they are definitely moments where I was like it probably better if I was alone.00:07:51XochitlBut I could do everything that I.00:07:53XochitlWanted to.00:07:53XochitlDo and not have to worry about it everyone else wants to do.00:07:56XochitlBut I do think there's something comforting about having a group of.00:08:01XochitlPeople well as a woman too, like that's another.00:08:03XochitlThing having the people that.00:08:05XochitlYou know, and not having.00:08:06KevinOf course.00:08:06XochitlTo travel like solo because.00:08:09XochitlYeah, Korea is pretty safe.00:08:10XochitlBut like here in Mexico, I would never.00:08:12XochitlAnd it's sad 'cause.00:08:13XochitlI wanna be able to travel to more places in Mexico, but I just would never do that as a as a woman here, because it's not that safe, not you know.00:08:20XochitlTo change the topic or anything but.00:08:22XochitlI think that.00:08:22KevinIt's a it's a fair, yeah.00:08:24KevinI mean, so like, I mean me talking about traveling alone versus you talking about traveling on is, is is a different thing unfortunately.00:08:32JackBut I mean, it's funny because I've never done that before.00:08:35JackI've never traveled alone like I I didn't.00:08:38JackI moved to another country alone.00:08:40JackBut as far as jet going travelling, like if I were to just go on, buy a eurail pass and just go see like a bunch of European countries, I would never do that by myself.00:08:51JackI'm too scared. I'm, I'm still, I'm 45, but I'm like, I'm gonna get lost in the Czech Republic. No one will. They'll find my body in the forest or something, because I.00:09:01JackYou know, got lost.00:09:02JackI mean, I just, I just think it's a bit extreme, but.00:09:04KevinIt's a bit extreme, Jack, but.00:09:06JackI'm just like I just.00:09:07JackI need, like, the companionship to feel safe, like there's two of us.00:09:12JackWe can figure this out alone.00:09:14JackI feel like I I don't know.00:09:16JackI just.00:09:17JackI probably would be fine, but.00:09:18JackI just feel like I lack.00:09:19JackThe skills or they know how to just kind of navigate that situation.00:09:24JackSo I like someone with me to make me feel comfortable, even though I probably don't need.00:09:29JackThat person, if that makes sense.00:09:31KevinNice for me and I think we can maybe wrap up with us and we should come back and talk about this again.00:09:37Kevin'cause we can do get much more into depth, although now I almost never travel alone.00:09:43KevinThat's because I'm married.00:09:45JackAnyway, I'm saying for me too, yeah.00:09:45KevinAlso, I have a permanent amazing travel companion, but before I got married, almost every trip I did.00:09:56KevinActually, not almost every trip that I did, at least after university, once I moved to to Korea was so low I was just like, I'm just going to go to some country for, you know, a month.00:10:06KevinI went to Bali for a month.00:10:07KevinI went on that island for a month.00:10:08KevinThere's just boom, boom, boom.00:10:10KevinJust go to to travel alone and.00:10:13KevinAnd I loved it because.00:10:18KevinIn order to not be bored, I had to push myself to be an extrovert.00:10:23KevinSo some days I don't want to be extroverted.00:10:25KevinI was like, I just want to stay at home and and and be introverted today.00:10:29KevinBut then I'd sit in my room and I'm like, I'm bored.00:10:33KevinI want to meet some people and like all, but I'm feeling lazy, I'm feeling introverted.00:10:36KevinI'm like, but I'm bored and I don't want to be bored, so I would go out.00:10:39KevinAnd I would force myself to meet.00:10:40KevinPeople, and that's hard.00:10:41KevinTo do, but I met some amazing people while traveling around like that, and so I love traveling solo actually, even though I no longer do.00:10:51XochitlYeah, I don't know if you guys have ever.00:10:54XochitlThere's like a meme out.00:10:56XochitlThere, where it's like introverts getting adopted by extroverts.00:11:00발표자 1Ah, OK, that's interesting.00:11:00KevinI haven't seen this one.00:11:01XochitlLike, can you get adopted by an extrovert?00:11:04XochitlAnd this does happen to me, even though I'm an ambivert.00:11:07XochitlBut extroverts tend to adopt me and.00:11:10XochitlLiterally just start.00:11:10XochitlTaking me everywhere and I think.00:11:12XochitlThis is some kind of dynamic that.00:11:15XochitlThat I've had since I was a.00:11:16XochitlKid 'cause, my sister, is a true extrovert.00:11:18XochitlSo she would take me everywhere and like.00:11:19XochitlJack said.00:11:21XochitlHe he would.00:11:22XochitlFeel happy when he.00:11:23XochitlWas out, but he didn't want to go out when.00:11:25XochitlI was younger.00:11:25XochitlI was definitely like, oh, I just want.00:11:27XochitlTo stay at home, I should be like, no?00:11:28XochitlLet's go and.00:11:28XochitlShe just like drag.00:11:29XochitlMe around.00:11:29XochitlEverywhere she went and I feel happy that I was out.00:11:33XochitlBut yeah, I feel like.00:11:34XochitlGetting adopted just haven't been created.00:11:36XochitlAs well, anytime I just go someplace, I.00:11:39XochitlJust end up getting adopted.00:11:40XochitlBy a group of extra braids or a friend group or something and they just start showing.00:11:44발표자 5Me, around everywhere.00:11:45XochitlSo that is, that is a + 2, maybe having a slightly introverted exterior.00:11:51발표자 5When people first meet.00:11:52XochitlI don't know.00:11:53XochitlI don't see that necessarily in all situations, but perhaps in some situations.00:11:58KevinNice I had to do.00:11:59JackYeah, I have like, sorry, go ahead.00:12:00KevinThat I'll go ahead drive.00:12:01JackNo, I was going to say.00:12:02JackI think I have like, uh, resting angry face or something.00:12:06JackSo, like people, when I'm just my, I don't have any emotion and my face is just resting, I look like I'm like a little bit angry or a little scary or something so.00:12:17JackLike a house party.00:12:18JackYou know, those were terrifying situations where you don't know anybody and you're in a house party.00:12:23JackI tend to just kind of go towards the corner and then start observing.00:12:28JackAnd if I'm not adopted by an extrovert, I might.00:12:31JackJust leave, because I just don't have that, whatever.00:12:35JackThat thing is that you know forces you to walk up to a group of strangers and say, hey, my name is Jack.00:12:41JackNice to meet you.00:12:42JackIt's it's really hard for.00:12:44JackMe to do that, so I don't know if that sheds light on it.00:12:47JackLittle bit, but yeah.00:12:50KevinWell, for everybody listening out there, I mean, what about you?00:12:53KevinAre you an introvert and extrovert and ambivert?00:12:57KevinOr when are you introverted?00:12:59KevinWhen are you extroverted, right?00:13:01KevinIf you're an ambivert, tell us some stories about when you were introverted or or when you were extroverted or.00:13:08KevinHow either of those work for you, so.00:13:10발표자There you go.00:13:12KevinSo thanks for listening.00:13:13KevinEverybody remembered.00:13:14KevinYou can check our WhatsApp group to join and tell us what you think.00:13:17KevinOr leave comments on the web page or a Facebook group, of course, and give us all of your comments there.00:13:22KevinOf course, if you're listening on Apple Podcasts and you can give us a 5 star review, that would be super helpful and leave a comment there and hopefully we'll see you all next time here with.00:13:32KevinA-Z English.00:13:33JackAlright, bye. 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