Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes

by Jessica Pan

There’s something invigorating about doing something everyone else is afraid of. If everyone says, “Don’t go into the bathroom; there’s a bear in there!” and you’re like, “It’s fine; I can handle bears”—there’s a power to that. Even when the bear mauls your leg and you are bleeding badly, at least you faced the magnificent fucker. Some people never see the bear. Some people never even make it into the bathroom.