I'm an INTJ

[rfmcdonald]

My Meyers-Briggs test revealed that I'm an INTJ-type personality: Introverted (no surprise), Intuitive (again, no shocker), Thinker (sense a pattern?), and Judger. The last bit is a bit of a surprise, since the first time I took the test I tested a Perceiver. But then, that test was an on-line quiz not necessarily scientifically-based, and the next time that I took the quiz I tested an INTJ.

	October 2002	January 2003
E vs I	35 (I)	23 (I)
S vs N	7 (N)	13 (N)
T vs F	17 (T)	43 (T)
J vs P	23 (J)	11 (J)

So, there are a few conclusions which can be drawn from these two tests:

• I've become rather less introverted, which is no surprise and a good thing.


• I'm still intuitive-oriented, though less so than before.


• I'm definitely a thinker type.


• I seem to be becoming more spontaneous and flexible, which meets my experiences.

Interesting enough.

Filling in my graduate school applications is going well, if anyone's wondering.

But still, there's something: lingering disappointment about the undergraduate conference, perhaps, or a more profound concern about the future of my life? How did it go the lyrics go to David Bowie's "Thursday's Child"? Ah, yes:

all of my life i've tried so hard
doing my best with what i had
nothing much happened all the same

soemthing about me stood apart
a whisper of hope that seemed to fail
maybe i'm born out of my time
breaking my life in two