tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post7155285848292458929..comments2024-02-24T15:58:56.712-08:00Comments on The Good Typist: Christmas ADD, Getting My Nails Done, and Experiments in MBTI Kristen McHenryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03467256747399406710noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-20850417364006661712012-12-24T09:31:02.188-08:002012-12-24T09:31:02.188-08:00Thanks, Jo-Ann! I loved your expression of your ex...Thanks, Jo-Ann! I loved your expression of your experience of nature. I think there is much admirable in S's,T's and J's but I simply am not one and I can't control where my mind goes with things. It drives Mr. Typist mad with frustration (he is STJ), but hey. That's the price one pays for marrying their opposite. Thanks for the holiday wishes. I will be spending time with my friend and her Dad on Xmas day, so that should be fun.<br /><br />Frank, I sort of had you pegged at an INTP, but I can see how you have equal preference for T/F. My preference for feeling has gone down a bit over the years (evened out, I guess.) In fact, I think all of my preferences have become more balanced, which I think is a good thing. The test I took was very comprehensive and was like, 400+ questions. It looked at areas where you are out preference, too--I have a penchant for Questioning and Early Starting, which is out of preference for an INFP. Any, the whole thing was fascinating. One of these days I would like study organizational psychology. How people behave in the workplace is an endless source of wonder to me. <br /><br />Kristen McHenryhttp://thegoodtypist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-14896517018105831792012-12-23T20:52:10.901-08:002012-12-23T20:52:10.901-08:00You already know much more about management than I...You already know much more about management than I do if you refer to the people you work with as "peeps." That's very cool, but I couldn't pull it off.<br /><br />I have a Christmas rule. If you have not reached puberty, you get a gift. Otherwise, if you are much younger than me, you get cash. Otherwise, you get my charming presence. But I do a lot of cooking for holidays--which I like to do.<br /><br />Okay Ms. INFP. I went over and took a MB test. I've taken them throughout my life. It is interesting how I have changed, although it is only in degree and not in the overall score. I used to score as extremely introverted, now I am moderate (56%). I used to score as extremely intuitive and now I am "distinctively" (75%). I've always kind of been in the middle on the thinking/feeling, and I score as marginal or no preference for thinking (1%). And I have a slight preference for perceiving. All of this officially makes me sort of the male equivalent of you: INTP.<br /><br />As I recall, 75% of all people are SJ types. Once I learned that, I understood: I really am a stranger in a strange land. They really are as weird as they seem. Of course, we are all good at finding similar people. Most of my friends INs. Most of them are Fs, but there are a fair number of Ts. And I think the Js and Ps are pretty evenly distributed.<br /><br />All of this discussion is, by the way, exactly what you would expect from an INTP. But I do have one question: why did the dog have his teeth pulled?<br />Frank Moraeshttp://www.franklycurious.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-73624865424741491382012-12-23T20:50:21.386-08:002012-12-23T20:50:21.386-08:00I so relate to this wonderful poem. Not that I cre...I so relate to this wonderful poem. Not that I create poetry but upon seeing a leaf or a tree trunk or a bird on a branch, I hear them speak and watch their shapes shift. I don’t even have to know what is being spoken or where the metamorphosis will go … it doesn’t matter. What it proves to me that life is indeed magic: full of possibility and endless beauty. And, like you, I have had to limit my conversation with some who only see the leaf as a leaf. They see their beauty and I see mine … and sometimes never the twain shall meet.<br /><br />Good luck with the family Christmas thing and when its all over I hope you have a peaceful and joyful time with the Mister.Jo-Annhttp://www.theinterdependentlife.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com