What do people incorrectly assume about you?
I have this wallflower look and feel about me and people often mistook that demeanor for being soft. They think that I will never be able to survive if left to my own devices. Nothing can be further from the truth.
I am the firstborn in my family. That meant my parents rarely had time to concentrate on me and I grew up on my own, like a wildflower. It made me independent from a very young age and I never turned to family for any emotional support. I find comfort in books during childhood and later among friends. I am a truly self-reliant person. There is this quiet resolve when I am faced with difficulties and each time I find my way around them. There are occasional melt-downs, but I have always managed to stand up on my own, with timely support from friends. From an outside perceptive, it is difficult to get that strength of character from the first impression. So people assume that I can be bent easily as per their will. This has caused major underestimation in my professional life and I have had some open fights because many were having a wrong idea about the person they are messing up with.
I thrive in smaller groups and I am as fun and talkative as any extrovert in such groups. I need the right people who can bring that part of me alive. I can be pretty quirky also. There is that surprise element and it is difficult to guess what I am going to do next. At the same time, the energy I derive from doing something independently is difficult to grasp for others. I tend to need longer time alone to refill my batteries. My mind is the best entertainment device I can ever find and I am always happy to spend an entire day staring at a wall and having difficult conversations with imaginary characters.
Safe to say that I am a healthy(or unhealthy) mix of contradictions!
