tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721756258546233776.post9067123558173717480..comments2024-01-22T15:45:34.973-08:00Comments on The Hot Flash Homestead: Is being alone always a good thing?HotFlashHomesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05894953352910455222noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721756258546233776.post-19143447828680415842014-11-21T16:14:25.495-08:002014-11-21T16:14:25.495-08:00That is a tough question to answer. I always thoug...That is a tough question to answer. I always thought of myself as wanting isolation until several months after we moved here, when I realized that while I did like my alone time, I was also missing a sense of community and having some social activities. I think when you first retire, a period of slowing down and even isolation is good -- you need to decompress, but then after that you realize you'd like some contact with like-minded folk. Just not the annoying types you had to deal with most of your working life lol.HotFlashHomesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05894953352910455222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721756258546233776.post-88267082660345365152014-11-21T16:03:36.058-08:002014-11-21T16:03:36.058-08:00I have the same conflicts of when I retire. I gene...I have the same conflicts of when I retire. I generally don't like people & my husband definite doesn't like the 'public' (meaning retail a-holes). We are both ready to be our only, except for the occasional cousin, companions for days on end. Our goal is to 'dress up & go to town' once a quarter. Wonder if we'll loose our 'social' skills from being isolated for 3 months?DFWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345712839702427280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721756258546233776.post-73807939759941926602014-11-21T10:13:07.900-08:002014-11-21T10:13:07.900-08:00Thank you for those words -- we DO function very m...Thank you for those words -- we DO function very much as a community, and really do meet up and have parties in the vineyard, so I guess we're pretty authentic in that regards! So my Meyers-Briggs comes up INFJ every time I have taken it, from high school on. I THINK I've changed each time I take it, but it always comes back exactly the same so I'm definitely the same deep-down I suppose. But if yours keeps coming up ENFJ, you might be an extrovert on the cusp of introversion -- just one or two answers to certain questions could probably shift the balance. Maybe you are right in the middle of the two. (probably a healthy thing!)HotFlashHomesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05894953352910455222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721756258546233776.post-80008544325724138102014-11-21T07:44:24.567-08:002014-11-21T07:44:24.567-08:00Hello! I'm back! Haha I've been reading bu...Hello! I'm back! Haha I've been reading but something with blogger and my phone just doesn't work with word verification on comments. And since I do most of my blog reading at the salon on my phone, I have trouble commenting. Anyway, you're right on with this post. I so relate to you in terms of pretending to be an extrovert. It's funny because I don't know if I'm introverted or not. My Meyers-Briggs tests were always ENTJ, but I've never agreed. I prefer to analyze in terms of astrology; which has much more appreciation for nuances and shades of grey in personality. <br />I think it's great that you keep your job at the winery. It's part of many-a California dream to live and work in wine. Of course no job is perfect. I doubt when people fantasize about working at a winery they imagine cleaning spilled wine, politely ignoring drunk tourists, or snakes on the patio! You're a true part of your community. That, to me, is a huge part of homesteading or living mindfully. It's lovely and almost quaint to live and work and truly exist all in one community nowadays. Which in turn makes you better at your job. No one wants to visit a winery and talk to someone who seems ambivalent and unaware of the community around them. We want to imagine you all meet up and have dinner parties in the vineyards! Stephen Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657698116552267561noreply@blogger.com