Well, it’s been awhile since I posted. Not much has been going on, really. I’ve been cleaning, walking, and reading. Every time I come onto here to attempt to write a post, I can’t think what to write! However, I know that if I don’t start keeping up with it as much as I was doing, it will eventually just fall off the map, and I definitely don’t want that. So let’s see. What can I write about today. Oh, I know.
I took a Mayer-Briggs Personality test today, as I’ve done before, thinking that perhaps my personality had changed in the years since I had last taken it. Alas, it had not happened. I say alas, but I feel really special with the type of personality I have, as only 2% of the population has it: INFJ (Introspective, Intuitive, Feeling, Judging). According to www.personalitypage.com, the common traits of INFJ are:
They’re extremely insightful, and see things that are not obvious to others. This ability to see patterns and meanings in the world can help the INFJ in many different ways. INFJs usually have a great deal of insight into different people and situations.
When given a goal or context, an INFJ is able to generate all kinds of possibilities. They’re able to see the problem from many different angles.
They understand how others are feeling, and are genuinely concerned with others. This natural empathy and caring helps to be really effective at helping others through problems. In this manner, they make great friends, counselors, teachers, and mates.
An INFJ has a “stick to it” attitude. They’re not afraid of hard work, and will put forth a great deal of effort towards something that they believe in. This persistence will help the INFJ to achieve an identified goal.
Perfectionistic and idealistic, they always strive for the best.
Usually intelligent and able to concentrate and focus, the INFJ can usually grasp difficult ideas and concepts.
I like these traits. And they’re all really accurate!
The problem areas, however, are not so nice and wondeful, although they are also fairly accurate.
May be unaware (and sometimes uncaring) of how they come across to others
I don’t think this one is accurate for me, I think I’m far too worried about how I come across to others, rather than uncaring of it. I could very possibly be unaware of how I come across though. I mean, I do feel that I consistently come across as crass and impolite, whereas most people tell me I’m far too polite.
May quickly dismiss input from others without really considering it
I very rarely do this. More often, I get so overwhelmed with input from others that it takes me forever to sift through and find what I agree with/don’t agree with.
May apply their judgment more often towards others, rather than towards themselves
I do criticize others pretty often, but not nearly as often, nor as harshly, as I criticize myself.
With their ability to see an issue from many sides, they may always find others at fault for any problems in their lives
I plead the fifth!
May have unrealistic and/or unreasonable expectations of others
I can definitely relate to this. I just recently got upset with my boyfriend because I was planning something for Valentine’s Day weekend and he didn’t know it and didn’t take the time off work. Irrational? Yes.
May be intolerant of weaknesses in others
I don’t think it’s so much “weakness in others” that I find intolerable, it’s when people don’t want to overcome those weaknesses. I get very irritated when people just want to wallow, rather than take proactive steps to fixing the problem.
May believe that they’re always right
Well… not always. Just most of the time 
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May be obsessive and passionate about details that may be unimportant to the big picture
This is definitely true. I used to get so hung up over a single sentence when I was writing an essay that I would go through five or six different drafts to try to get that one sentence to flow right, when it really wasn’t all that important in the first place. I also notice a lot of things in books and movies that don’t have anything to do with the storyline, but I can’t move past them–I desperately want to know what that one piece of information meant or indicated, even if it didn’t mean anything.
May be cuttingly derisive and sarcastic towards others
Oh God, if I’m guilty of anything I’m guilty of this. I have such a sarcastic sense of humor. Things fly out of my mouth before I realize it and then I hurt people! Half the time I don’t even mean what I say, it’s just something that I notice and that my brain decides to comment on. It’s going to be reeeally interesting when McKenzzie is old enough to understand sarcasm.
May have an intense and quick temper
I lose my temper very quickly, but don’t tend to hold grudges. I lash out and then feel really sorry, regardless of whether I was right to lose my temper or not.
May be tense, wound up, have high blood pressure and find it difficult to relax
Very true. Except for the high blood pressure.
May hold grudges, and have difficulty forgiving people
Inaccurate in my case.
May be wishy-washy and unsure how to act in situations that require quick decision making
Definitely. Not only am I constantly wondering whether the other choice would actually be the better choice, but if I’m trying to make a decision that affects other people as well I’m constantly worried that they’ll be upset with my choice. I have a hard time even choosing what to eat at a restaurant–I normally end up having my boyfriend make the choice for me.
May have difficulty communicating their thoughts and feelings to others
I’m normally pretty good at this when I’m writing, but when I’m trying to verbalize how I feel, problems arise. I don’t want the person I’m talking to to think that I’m understating or overstating the problem, so I tend to just not bring issues up.
May see so many tangents everywhere that they can’t stay focused on the bottom line or the big picture
This one really comes back to that detail one.
So what personality type are you? Do you feel that the description of that type is accurate?
