Janet Napora writes a letter to her younger self that names specific traits rather than generic encouragement, quiet, sensitive, prone to putting everyone else's needs first, and tells that younger version of herself it was never selfish to want to be understood.
A companion post separates introversion from shyness clearly, arguing that shyness is about self-esteem and can change while introversion is a core part of personality that cannot, listing specific traits like needing alone time to recharge and preferring deep relationships with a small circle rather than a wide one. Her post on sleep cites a specific detail from her own mother, that she had to be woken as a baby just to eat, grounding a topic that usually stays abstract in something concrete and remembered.
A post on meaningful conversation lists twelve specific habits to avoid, from dominating a conversation to jumping ahead to your next thought before the other person finishes.
Read the letter to her younger self for the most personal writing here. The introvert and sleep posts follow the same specific, self-aware register.