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I finished reading this book a few weeks ago. When I was reading it, I wanted to highlight certain parts, but I didn't, because just thinking about highlighting things makes me feel like a poseur. I do highlight (and underline) my new Bible though, but only to make things that especially resonate with me stick out so that I can find it again, which I suppose is the only reason why people highlight things. To sum things up, highlighting makes me feeling vaguely uncomfortable, but I mention it because this book said some stuff that made me want to show it to everyone that I meet and say, "SEE?! This is why I act the way that I do."

Being an introvert in the church sucks. Being an introvert in this culture sucks. The author talked about going on retreats to a monastery, and that sounds wonderful to me. Living in a monastery has always appealed to me, and I say monastery instead of convent, because as stupid and shallow as this sounds, I like the brown robe with rope belt a lot more than a nun's habit. A robe is just more comfy and rustic looking, you know? And softer. A habit is so stark with the white and black and whatever it is by your face. But a robe! With its earth tones and hood! If it weren't for the whole not getting married and being celibate thing, I would totally be a girl monk.

I started out wanting to talk about my thoughts about introverts in the church, but I'm really tired (not because I'm lazy; large groups just drain so much energy from me, which is stuff that's in this book and I want to highlight it because it's so true and I wish people understood stuff like that about introverts) and I want to live in a monastery, but instead I'm in this extrovert obsessed culture, and I should take a nap before I get crankier.