Ambivert Alert! 🍁 How to Make Extra Money from Home & Protect Your Energy

Imagine this: You’re at your best friend's fun, festive 🍂 fall party, pumpkin spice candles burning, laughter flowing, and your heart genuinely happy.. until suddenly, you feel that familiar tug as you glance at your phone and look at the time. Wondering if it's "to early to leave" .. That overwhelming urge to slip out the side door quietly, head home, and wrap yourself in blissful solitude.

Sound familiar?

Have you ever found yourself absolutely loving a party, chatting away, full of joy and connection.. then suddenly feeling like you need to vanish into a cave for three days just to recover?

Same.

For years, I thought there was something wrong with me. How could I be both the social butterfly greeting everyone with smiles as big as the sun and handing out appies, snacks and be "the quiet one" who finds joy doing the dishes ALONE in the kitchen?

Why did I light up around people one minute and glancing at the clock on the well next.. Wondering if anyone is noticing my finger picking of my cuticles and increasing discomfort of the fluffy chit chat that now grates on my nerves like the person who forgot the gas pedal when the light's been green 5 seconds..

Turns out, there’s a word for people like us: Ambiverts. And if this sounds familiar, you might just be one too.

🍁 What Is an Ambivert?

An ambivert is someone who has both introvert and extrovert tendencies. In other words:

• We're love good conversations—but only in the right doses.
• We can lead a room—but we need to retreat afterward.
• We’re energized by people—until we’re not.

And here’s the good news: being an ambivert is not a flaw. It’s a superpower when we learn how to use it. Especially in business.

When we understand our rhythm, we can:

• Work smarter instead of pushing harder
• Protect our energy while still making impact
• Schedule our visibility in ways that serve us

Ambivert humor - "I’m extroverted until I’m not. We can promise our friends to have a good time IF I can be home by 9:00 🤣

🌻 My Story: The Social Butterfly Who Cocooned

I have a sister who can walk into a party and instantly own the room. She thrives on hugs, chaos, and staying out until midnight (and beyond 😉)

Me? I find the corner. I scope out one or two good people for a meaningful chat. I stay just long enough to feel connected. And then I have to leave. No drama, no explanation—just a deep need to recharge.

It's like this joke I tell my friends over and over.. "I am not like that song Prince sang "Party Like It's 1999" .. I party TO 9 !" That's it. Done. Take me home.

There was a time I thought that made me less capable, less confident, less "good" at business.
But now I know: it makes me deeply attuned.

Because being aware of my own energy needs means I can show up with intention, not just by default.

🍂 Signs You Might Be an Ambivert

• You enjoy social settings but feel drained afterward
• You can lead, teach, or present.. but need alone time to prep and recover
• You have bursts of high energy, followed by a strong need for solitude
• You can "people" well.. but only when it aligns with your internal rhythm
• You genuinely love people.. but your battery drains faster than your smartphone after a Zoom marathon.
• Your friends joke that you're “socially selective,” choosing depth over duration.
• Crowded spaces can energize you one moment and overwhelm you the next.. especially around holidays or family gatherings.

PS.. You’re Not Weird, You’re Wired Differently .. Hello There!!

Can I tell you something from one ambivert to another? It’s OKAY if your energy levels shift quickly. It doesn’t mean you’re flaky or antisocial.. it just means you have a beautifully nuanced internal rhythm. Give yourself permission to honor it without apology, even if others don’t always understand. There is something deeply healing about our favorite fuzzy blanket and furbaby .. never underestimate the power of those two to have our calm return faster to us.

🔥 Tips to Manage Your Energy & Thrive as an Ambivert

Let’s get practical. If you run a business, raise a family, or interact with other humans, these strategies will help.

1. Honor Your Recharge Time

It isn’t hiding. It’s healing. When you start to feel the overwhelm creep in:

• Say "no" without guilt
• Block off quiet time (even 20 minutes helps)
• Let go of the pressure to explain

2. Schedule Social Bursts

Instead of cramming your week with back-to-back Zooms or outings:

• Choose short, meaningful interactions
• Leave buffer time between events
• Plan something peaceful afterward

3. Use Escape Tasks

Need to pull away gracefully? Try this:

• Be the "photo taker" for events with friends and family.
• Read to your grandkids, play games with the young ones.
• Offer to "do the dishes", put away left overs or run an errand.

These give you space without isolating or offending anyone.

4. Create Solo Time with Purpose

• Visit a museum
• Walk a nature trail
• Sit at a quiet café

Solitude doesn’t mean you’re lonely. It means you’re restoring. We know the difference between being lonely and alone. Big difference 😉

5. Breathe & Blur the Noise

Try this in a crowded room:

• Breathe in for 4, out for 4
• Let the sounds blur
• Focus inward, then focus outward on ONE thing

You become the calm center in the chaos.

🎯 Quick Ambivert Energy Rescue Kit

• Noise-canceling earbuds – your best friend at busy cafés or airports.
• Pocket-sized essential oils (peppermint or lavender) to ground you quickly.
• Screensaver mantra on your phone, something simple like, “My energy is mine to honor.”
• One-song mini dance parties when stress peaks.. just one song can shift your mood instantly.
• Go to the bathroom .. don't underestimate this one. Fix your hair, lipstick. Breathe!!

🍁 Why This Matters for Business

In the world of online marketing and digital entrepreneurship, the pressure to "always be on" is exhausting.

But if you understand your ambivert rhythm, you can:

• Plan content creation for high-energy days
• Pre-schedule posts or emails when your tank is full
• Save sales calls or Zoom chats for your "on" windows
• Embrace behind-the-scenes work when you’re in recharge mode

Imagine creating engaging posts in your comfy sweater, batch-scheduling content on high-energy days, and having it drip out automatically when you’re sipping tea and enjoying the falling leaves. This is your ambivert advantage. You show up without burning out. You make money online while preserving your peace.

This rhythm creates balance. That balance brings sustainability. And that, my friend, is the long game of business success.

🍂 From Overwhelm to Online Freedom

Many women burn out in old-school business models because they require constant face-to-face hustle. I did.

Vendor booths. Cold calls. Sip 'n sees. Home parties. Mailing samples. Hotel meetings. Constant team building / recruiting. ..It wore me out. (my stressful, often toxic work environment corporate job likely didn't help.)

I vividly remember feeling guilty when I couldn’t keep up with the "go go go" hustle culture around me. Like I was no longer loyal. Like I would be letting my friends, mentors, coaches down. Like I was “doing it wrong.” But you know what? I wasn't wrong.. I was just ready for something more sustainable. Something that honored my "not so unique" human nature, rather than fighting it.

Now, I choose a digital business model that lets me work:

• On my own schedule (I pick the how, where, when)
• From my own home or beach or summer camp in our motorhome ..
• In alignment with my best energy (hello I'm a morning person ☀️☕)

No more sacrificing my peace to be that yes girl "people pleaser." Instead, I get to build a business based on connection, calm and gratefully 100% profits.

If you’re an ambivert like me, digital marketing just might be your sweet spot.

• We can shine in social bursts, then hunker down and create in peace.
• We get to connect.. on our terms.
• We get to show up.. as our whole self.

And that, my friend, is the most powerful version of you there is.

✨ Last Thoughts ... You Are Not Broken

You are wise. You are aware. You are beautifully in tune with what you need.

Give yourself permission to flow.

You don’t have to choose between connection and quiet.

Because at the end of the day, being an ambivert means you understand balance in ways others might not. You're not just navigating the highs and lows.. you're mastering them. And trust me, that’s a skill worth celebrating every single day.

Welcome to my weirdo sunshine circle. Welcome to your power where every day we know we are "flawsome". 🦋

And if you ever want to explore building a business that respects your energy instead of draining it go ahead explore my free step by step eBook:

🌻 Cheers to honoring our rhythms,
Chat soon, Roxanne

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