Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come

One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes

By: Jessica Pan

Narrated by: Jessica Pan

What would happen if a shy introvert lived like a gregarious extrovert for one year? If she knowingly and willingly put herself in perilous social situations that she’d normally avoid at all costs? Writer Jessica Pan intends to find out. With the help of various extrovert mentors, Jessica sets up a series of personal challenges (talk to strangers, perform stand-up comedy, host a dinner party, travel alone, make friends on the road, and much, much worse) to explore whether living like an extrovert can teach her lessons that might improve the quality of her life. Chronicling the author’s hilarious and painful year of misadventures, this book explores what happens when one introvert fights her natural tendencies, takes the plunge, and tries (and sometimes fails) to be a little bit braver.

©2019 Jessica Pan (P)2019 Andrews McMeel Publishing

Funny, charming book

Loved the humor and emotional warmth of this book. The author’s narration was wonderful and took me along on her many adventures through a year of stepping outside of her introvert-focused comfort zone. From talking to strangers to stand up comedy, she pushes herself to try new things and make new friends.
Loved it!

An introvert's well narrated extroversion challenge

Feeling unfulfilled, an introvert's journey practicing the seemingly preternatural social skills of extroverts in order to challenge herself to live like an extrovert for a year in order to grow her social circle. Enjoyable listen, articulated an introvert's feelings pretty well. I related very much.

Relatable

I enjoyed every moment of this book, and it made me feel much less alone as a homebody, “sh-introvert” myself. After finishing this book, I have decided I need to try to push past my existing comfort zone and live life a little more like an extrovert sometimes

Tips for overcoming uncomfortable shyness

I very much appreciated the first half of the book. Both my sons are introverts, and one has always been extremely shy, which caused him to have great anxiety. The author is to be applauded for taking on overcoming her own uncomfortableness in crowd situations and being in the spotlight. She took on more challenges of discomfort than an extrovert who is not shy would have taken on in order to feel okay with being in front of a crowd. Eventually, the author chose improv comedy, which was an excellent challenge. However, I lost interest when there were more than two chapters with many details about the improv comedy routines, etc. Trying improv is an excellent suggestion if one wants to overcome shyness. I just didn't enjoy hearing about a lot of improv. The author is spot on that being an introvert and being shy can cause anxiety and also lead to missed opportunities. The "cure" is just what the author did - challenged herself and got out of her "discomfort zone."

Loved this book

I enjoyed the author's humor. I was looking forward to listening to it during my runs. I would read it again!