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You often get asked if you're drunk.
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So often, that you get kicked out of clubs because the bouncer thinks you've had one too many.
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People think you're sarcastic when you're not.
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Or they mistake your peppiness for arrogance.
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You're frequently told that you're too ~full on~.
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People are always telling you to "tone it down".
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Or they ask if you have an "off switch".
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You have tried to bottle up your enthusiasm.
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But when you do, it bursts out at the worst possible moments.
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You've tried wearing neutral colours or softening your make-up to compensate for your expressive face.
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You get tired when you have to be reserved.
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People sometime envy how easily you make friends.
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But you know it's that you talk with so many people that the law of averages just works in your favour.
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Because your enthusiasm seems almost childlike, people think you're naive.
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You're always being asked to justify your enthusiasm about something...
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...like being enthusiastic and positive is a bad thing.
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So the older you get, the more you learn to control your powers of enthusiasm in public.
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Many people believe you have the emotional range of a really peppy teaspoon.
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But just because you're enthusiastic doesn't mean you're loud or one-dimensional.
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You still have moments of introversion like anyone else.
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But when you do have a quiet moment, people always ask what's wrong with you.
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People tell you that you remind them of Leslie Knope...
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...but they don't mean it as a compliment.
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In fact, some people think your chipper outlook on life is all an act.
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And they're convinced you're covering up some deeper darker truth about yourself.
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Some people say that just looking at you exhausts them.
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And others tell you they find your pep frightening all together.
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When you find someone else who's just as enthused as you, you're equal parts excited and terrified.
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But most of all, you just don't understand why enthusiastic people get such a bad rap.
