If you google holidays, you will find that every single day of the year has a holiday attached to it. I don't know if holiday is the right word; maybe observance or awareness to a cause.
Today is World Introvert Day which was brought to life in 2011 by German psychologist, Felicitas Heyne. She wrote an article in her blog titled, "Why We Need a World Introvert Day." This article kickstarted the awareness to this quiet, unassuming observance. Heyne said "that it was high time the world's awareness was sharpened to the distinctiveness of introverts." She highlighted some of the discrimination face because of their privateness and bemoaned the under-appreciation of introverts by general society. She suggested January 2 be recognized as World Introvert Day because introverts around the world draw a collective deep breath at the end of the draining holiday marathon that starts with Christmas (actually Thanksgiving for me) and ends on New Year.
Carl Gustav Jung was one of the first people to define introversion as a concept in psychological context. He theorized that every human falls into two categories - introvert or extrovert - and compared the introverts to the Greek god Apollo, who shines a light on understanding. Jung claimed that introverts are focused on the internal world of reflection, dreaming, and vision, which could make them uninterested in joining the activities of others. Since then, other psychologists have developed more expansive theories about introverts and introversion.
(And FYI, introversion doesn't equal shyness. Shyness is a fear of people or social situations).
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