Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come
An introvert spends a year trying to live like an extrovert with hilarious results and advice for readers along the way.
What would happen if a shy introvert lived like a gregarious extrovert for one year? If she knowingly and willingly put herself in perilous social situations that she’d normally avoid at all costs? Writer Jessica Pan intends to find out. With the help of various extrovert mentors, Jessica sets up a series of personal challenges (talk to strangers, perform stand-up comedy, host a dinner party, travel alone, make friends on the road, and much, much worse) to explore whether living like an extrovert can teach her lessons that might improve the quality of her life. Chronicling the author’s hilarious and painful year of misadventures, this book explores what happens when one introvert fights her natural tendencies, takes the plunge, and tries (and sometimes fails) to be a little bit braver.
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About the Author
Jessica Pan is a features writer and has appeared in the Guardian Weekend Magazine, The Cut (New York Magazine), Lenny Letter, Jezebel, ELLE, Refinery29, The Toast, The Hairpin, the Daily Telegraph and is a regular contributor to Broadly (VICE).
She is the author of SORRY I'M LATE, I DIDN'T WANT TO COME. If you'd like to keep up with new writing and updates, please subscribe to her newsletter on Substack: It'll Be Fun, They Said by Jess Pan.
She has a BA in Psychology and Literary Arts from Brown University and a Masters in Journalism from RMIT. Jessica co-authored GRADUATES IN WONDERLAND, a memoir about living in Beijing and Paris, which was published by Penguin in the US in 2014.
She previously worked as a TV reporter and magazine editor in Beijing and now lives in London.