Shannon's DMSI V2.3 Journal

[Shannon]

Shannon,

Thank you for the input. Yes, I too have a restaurant cycle but it's not as precise as yours. There are a handful I go to because of the people or women there and it's my way of socializing to prevent myself from being a hermit. Sure I go to parties and social events and meetups and friends' houses. But restaurants are a big thing for me. But I have to be careful where I go and what I get because I'm ketogenic.

How amusing. So am I. That's primarily why I have this cycle. I can only eat one, or rarely two things at each place! gets boring, fast, so I rotate.

The socializing certainly doesn't hurt. I generally don't have access to social parties and events because I work so much. My friends are generally not active in my life very much as a result. I'll typically see each one once a week or less. That's actually why I go to trivia: my friend from highschool is the guys doing the questions, and it's an easy way to have fun, eat, socialize and keep in touch with him. My other friends I see or talk to maybe once or twice a month at most. I spend a LOT of time working or doing research or experiments, and what little time I am free is usually spent sleeping, with my girlfriend getting an hour or two a day (unless it's Friday, which is "FOG [Focus On Girlfriend] Day", lol) and I spend time enjoying my dogs and occasionally playing my XBox.

Kind of an odd schedule, but it works out nicely in the end. Gives me plenty of time to be active internally and externally, and recharge (introvert/internal recharger) while still socializing.

I wouldn't mind more social outings, but that will have to wait until I need to spend less time working.