Top 10 myths about introverts

A young friend of mine on Twitter posted a link to a blog this morning, it gave me one of those light bulb moments.

So it turns out I'm not mad/sad/sulking/rude after all. Thank you Jerry

Here's the original post, with a link to his site:

TOP TEN MYTHS ABOUT INTROVERTS

Myth #1 – Introverts don’t like to talk.
This is not true. Introverts just don’t talk unless they have something to say. They hate small talk. Get an introvert talking about something they are interested in, and they won’t shut up for days.

Myth #2 – Introverts are shy.
Shyness has nothing to do with being an Introvert. Introverts are not necessarily afraid of people. What they need is a reason to interact. They don’t interact for the sake of interacting. If you want to talk to an Introvert, just start talking. Don’t worry about being polite.

Myth #3 – Introverts are rude.
Introverts often don’t see a reason for beating around the bush with social pleasantries. They want everyone to just be real and honest. Unfortunately, this is not acceptable in most settings, so Introverts can feel a lot of pressure to fit in, which they find exhausting.

Myth #4 – Introverts don’t like people.
On the contrary, Introverts intensely value the few friends they have. They can count their close friends on one hand. If you are lucky enough for an introvert to consider you a friend, you probably have a loyal ally for life. Once you have earned their respect as being a person of substance, you’re in.

That's clearly NOT a runway

In the pre-jurassic, just before I went to work for Pterodactyl Airways as a cabin attendant, I unexpectedly found myself temporarily unemployed. My sister had a pilot friend who had been planning a trip to the Okavango swamps. Given the free time I had they very kindly invited me to join them. The pilot, Mike, also had a boat he kept at Delta camp. We would fly in, taking Mike's Beechcraft Baron ZS-DVN, and then take the boat up river, stopping whenever we felt like it.

Picture from Wikipedia. This is not ZS-DVN, but you can see the sleek lines. You know, just by looking at her that she's fast and elegant, it was love at first sight. My sister has a picture of me hugging her.

The basic rule of flying

Stay in the middle of the air.  Do not go near the edges.

This says it all!


From AllCity

In the middle of winter the old cat warms her bones in the sun

Passing stalls and spins

After the first spin and stall lesson I spent the whole week going through the lesson in the flying book, talking to pilots and generally boring everybody with my questions. I went through each step in my head, 

I was at the flying school at 6.30am on Sunday, handed over my car keys (you give them your car keys, they give you the keys to the plane. You bring it back you get your car back) did the pre-flight checks and headed out to the GFA.

We told everyone where we were, checked for vultures, other aircraft, altitude and got started. My palms were already sweaty. Oscar demonstrated. Twice. With my heart racing I took the controls and started the exercise. Up, stall warning, wing drop, correct. Twice. 

Of spins and stalls. The beginning of the end.

I have no idea where I've hidden my log book or my flying notes...
I remember putting them away, safely, to be brought out when I could fly again

Thinking back this was when I knew there was a problem, up until this lesson I had felt confident and in control. I prepared thoroughly for each lesson, went through the steps in my head, wrote the tests and did very well in the practical.

.ZS-ILP Cessna 172. Heading off to do spins and stalls in the GFA. My (extremely brave) friend Margie took this from the back seat. I did not like this particular aircraft for some reason.