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bluegreen17) wrote2003-04-02 10:46 pm
bluegreen17) wrote2003-04-02 10:46 pm
keirsey test results-infp:the idealists
i just took the keirsey mbti test again. when i took it a couple of years ago i was an enfj. the j means liking control. i think i tested that way because i've tried to control things due to being overwhelmed. but the truer self that shows up when i'm not trying to defend myself against the world is more open than that. so when i took the test recently,i answered the questions with a thought as to how i would be in an ideal situation. so it changed to a p. recently i've tested as enfp and infp the last two times i've taken it.
the intuitive feeling (nf) part is there without question. the extrovert/introvert mix changes. i think i'm both anyway. i like how these results give percentages. i'm astounded at being 95% feeling over 5% thinking.
i like learning,so i think that's kind of weird. according to the enneagram though,of which i'm a type 4,i have a tendency to mix up the thinking and feeling realms. honestly,sometimes i don't know what that difference is,so that's certainly true. i don't deal well at all with my feelings and sometimes hate them...but i think it's my brain that hates me. see? but i also use feelings to gauge decisions. when i make a decision,i want it to 'feel' right. usually when it feels right,i'm at peace with a decision.
and intution...it's a cool unexplainable thing. honestly,i've been able to solve electronics problems with intuition,and you'd think it'd have to be pure analytical logic. for instance,i had a weird problem with my car for about a year. it was right after i had had a tune-up done. my car would 'jump' sometimes when i was accelerating. i thought 'faulty spark plug'. it would happen off and on,and my mechanic said logically that a spark plug wouldn't do that. well,after about a year of this,it finally was happening when he took it for a test drive. he ended up replacing the spark plugs,wires and i think a valve or hose.then it was fine. i guess it could have been the valve,but he did replace the other things and didn't charge me for the plugs,so i'm thinking he suspected a bad plug from the tune-up the previous year,yes? but i couldn't very well just say to him 'replace the spark plugs'...i didn't think i could really know what's wrong. anyway...
sometimes i can't understand instruction manuals,so i just kind of give something a look over and try a few things,and often i can accomplish what i want. granted,i wouldn't do this sort of thing at a nuclear power plant...
MTBI Test Results
Your personality type is INFP.
Introverted (I) 68%Extraverted (E)
32%Intuitive (N) 82%Sensing (S)
18%Feeling (F) 95%Thinking (T)
5%Perceiving (P) 68%Judging (J) 32%
when i was a kid,i wanted to be a teacher because i loved learning. i'm not very patient,though. i've thought lately how much i'd enjoy being a college professor. you don't have to be so patient at that level. and i'd want to teach something that i could expand my knowledge in. but alas,you need a master's degree,which i don't have and i don't have the money to get one. also,if you don't have a doctorate,you don't get tenure,which means your contract can be discontinued at the end of any year.
i used to want to be a writer so i could be famous and anonymous at the same time. recognition without losing your privacy...just use a psuedonym. of course,this was when i was going to write fiction,and did a bit of that. over the years i've become markedly less interested in reading and writing fiction. i generally highly prefer nonfiction. i have tons of interests and am always finding new ones. some of the old ones continue or resurface,and some just pass.
by the time i hit high school,i decided i wanted to be a social worker and 'help people'. (i used to like homo sapiens in general...not any more!) so i went to college for four years and that was my basic plan.
i also considered being a psychotherapist and took some counseling courses. in truth,i can be very good at that type of thing,but i find it exceptionally draining. probably my empathic qualities combined with lack of skills in maintaining boundaries. at the end of four years,i was pretty sure i wanted to get an msw...masters in social work. i decided to work in the human servies field first though. well,that's when it all unravelled,more or less,so it's probably a good thing i didn't go straight to graduate school. i found the human services field corrupt and depressing. generation after generation on welfare. handouts without any support to have people take pride in themselves and not stay in the same rut. there were a few people going through rough times who needed that help to get back on their feet. but most folks just abuse the system,at least from what i observed.
after getting out of that field,i looked for something i was interested in,and ended up working in retail bookstores. i love books. the pay is lousy. the companies are mostly crap to work for,thought i did work for one smaller chain that got worse as it got bigger (and then went bankrupt...i felt they were expanding too quickly,but 'no one ever listens to me'.ha. i should be in quality control somewhere! i always see room for improvement.) i also was a manager at that point. the managers were all under pressure,asked to do things and then 'things would get better' and i guess we'd earn our 'reward'. nope. never happened. i must say though,that that small book chain paid a hell of a lot better than the larger book chains and we got christmas bonuses too!
the last year i was there,as manager in 1989,i earned $22,000 a year. last year i made $17,000. wonderful,eh? i've never tried for another managerial position,because i learned from that experience that i don't handle stress well. i had really bad anxiety attacks for about a year before i found a way to cope,and one of those ways was to work a less stressful job. so i was back to clerkdom.
lately i've been considering the thought of being an episcopal priest. yes,i have crazy notions. that one's probably especially crazy because i'm having a hell* of a time believing in god these past few years. when i was a little catholic girl,i could have sworn that god answered my prayers fairly often.
now i dont' think he even hears me when i say 'thank you' and i try to whenever i can muster up things to be thankful for.
anyway...
*ha ha. appropriate,yes. but i don't feel i've properly earned hell!
you can take the test here
the intuitive feeling (nf) part is there without question. the extrovert/introvert mix changes. i think i'm both anyway. i like how these results give percentages. i'm astounded at being 95% feeling over 5% thinking.
i like learning,so i think that's kind of weird. according to the enneagram though,of which i'm a type 4,i have a tendency to mix up the thinking and feeling realms. honestly,sometimes i don't know what that difference is,so that's certainly true. i don't deal well at all with my feelings and sometimes hate them...but i think it's my brain that hates me. see? but i also use feelings to gauge decisions. when i make a decision,i want it to 'feel' right. usually when it feels right,i'm at peace with a decision.
and intution...it's a cool unexplainable thing. honestly,i've been able to solve electronics problems with intuition,and you'd think it'd have to be pure analytical logic. for instance,i had a weird problem with my car for about a year. it was right after i had had a tune-up done. my car would 'jump' sometimes when i was accelerating. i thought 'faulty spark plug'. it would happen off and on,and my mechanic said logically that a spark plug wouldn't do that. well,after about a year of this,it finally was happening when he took it for a test drive. he ended up replacing the spark plugs,wires and i think a valve or hose.then it was fine. i guess it could have been the valve,but he did replace the other things and didn't charge me for the plugs,so i'm thinking he suspected a bad plug from the tune-up the previous year,yes? but i couldn't very well just say to him 'replace the spark plugs'...i didn't think i could really know what's wrong. anyway...
sometimes i can't understand instruction manuals,so i just kind of give something a look over and try a few things,and often i can accomplish what i want. granted,i wouldn't do this sort of thing at a nuclear power plant...
MTBI Test Results
Your personality type is INFP.
Introverted (I) 68%Extraverted (E)
32%Intuitive (N) 82%Sensing (S)
18%Feeling (F) 95%Thinking (T)
5%Perceiving (P) 68%Judging (J) 32%
when i was a kid,i wanted to be a teacher because i loved learning. i'm not very patient,though. i've thought lately how much i'd enjoy being a college professor. you don't have to be so patient at that level. and i'd want to teach something that i could expand my knowledge in. but alas,you need a master's degree,which i don't have and i don't have the money to get one. also,if you don't have a doctorate,you don't get tenure,which means your contract can be discontinued at the end of any year.
i used to want to be a writer so i could be famous and anonymous at the same time. recognition without losing your privacy...just use a psuedonym. of course,this was when i was going to write fiction,and did a bit of that. over the years i've become markedly less interested in reading and writing fiction. i generally highly prefer nonfiction. i have tons of interests and am always finding new ones. some of the old ones continue or resurface,and some just pass.
by the time i hit high school,i decided i wanted to be a social worker and 'help people'. (i used to like homo sapiens in general...not any more!) so i went to college for four years and that was my basic plan.
i also considered being a psychotherapist and took some counseling courses. in truth,i can be very good at that type of thing,but i find it exceptionally draining. probably my empathic qualities combined with lack of skills in maintaining boundaries. at the end of four years,i was pretty sure i wanted to get an msw...masters in social work. i decided to work in the human servies field first though. well,that's when it all unravelled,more or less,so it's probably a good thing i didn't go straight to graduate school. i found the human services field corrupt and depressing. generation after generation on welfare. handouts without any support to have people take pride in themselves and not stay in the same rut. there were a few people going through rough times who needed that help to get back on their feet. but most folks just abuse the system,at least from what i observed.
after getting out of that field,i looked for something i was interested in,and ended up working in retail bookstores. i love books. the pay is lousy. the companies are mostly crap to work for,thought i did work for one smaller chain that got worse as it got bigger (and then went bankrupt...i felt they were expanding too quickly,but 'no one ever listens to me'.ha. i should be in quality control somewhere! i always see room for improvement.) i also was a manager at that point. the managers were all under pressure,asked to do things and then 'things would get better' and i guess we'd earn our 'reward'. nope. never happened. i must say though,that that small book chain paid a hell of a lot better than the larger book chains and we got christmas bonuses too!
the last year i was there,as manager in 1989,i earned $22,000 a year. last year i made $17,000. wonderful,eh? i've never tried for another managerial position,because i learned from that experience that i don't handle stress well. i had really bad anxiety attacks for about a year before i found a way to cope,and one of those ways was to work a less stressful job. so i was back to clerkdom.
lately i've been considering the thought of being an episcopal priest. yes,i have crazy notions. that one's probably especially crazy because i'm having a hell* of a time believing in god these past few years. when i was a little catholic girl,i could have sworn that god answered my prayers fairly often.
now i dont' think he even hears me when i say 'thank you' and i try to whenever i can muster up things to be thankful for.
anyway...
*ha ha. appropriate,yes. but i don't feel i've properly earned hell!
you can take the test here
myers-briggs
close enough to be impressed by the profile, but not quite accurate.
who knows, i might've been an infj then, but i don't think so really.
i was just thinking of that song today... :)