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This is NOT an introverts dream!

I saw a piece from The Next Big Idea Club on Heleo, it was an excerpt from a podcast with Susan Cain.  I was very excited because I thought finally I am going to hear someone say that no the sequester is not a dream for introverts. Well, I have to say that based on the excerpt and then going to listen to the full podcast I was still disappointed.  Ms. Cain says: Whereas if you were an introvert who had worked out the right balance before this happened, but now you’ve had to adjust that balance, it’s still probably going to be difficult for you. And that is as close as she gets to acknowledging that this is difficult for introverts. What no one is talking about, at least that I can find, is I had my balance for the most part and now everyone is in my house ALL THE TIME!  And now I think balance, what the heck is that? In the podcast, Ms. Cain discusses her kids being home but I get the impression that those kids are older and more self sufficient.  I laug...