This was the longest stretch I had been away from home in a long time. Tuesday to Friday was Portland, then Friday to Sunday was San Diego. No surprise - i came back sick. It started in Portland, and Vegas just made it worse (no matter how much I tried to tone it down).

Vegas made me really aware of how I have two completely different personalities when it comes to my personal life. I have moments of complete confidence and extrovertedness - I was definitely "on" Friday night. Come Sunday, the old version of me crept in - the insecure version. I'm still at odds with myself on how to handle it - as I get older, I've discovered that nobody wants to see (or hear) the latter. People have their own problems - they don't really want to hear mine.

Is there really a yin/yang balance in a personality, or does one side completely overwhelm the other?