Woke up this morning…

And decided that this year is not the year of learning to surf. We’ll save that for next year.
A decision arrived upon as a result of already-allocated vacation time, and some really good snow last weekend. (Think I’ve scratched my sliding on a board fix for a bit).
This year can be the year of more land-based modes of transportation! (Once things get warmer, and I stop chickening out).

As I was falling asleep and using my computer last night (simultaneously, as usual), I decided to try to remember what myers-briggs person I was. Rather than retake the stupid thing, I decided to read some profiles and see which ones sounded familiar.
So I think I’m an INFP, mostly because of this paragraph: INTP because oops, infp.org doesn’t exist, and intp.org does. Heh. See the problem here? I remember getting hung up on the T vs. F thing before, but reading the super long profile made me settle on the T bit. Bear with me for a few excerpts, and I promise - no more navel gazing for a while. Which is to say, the first bit her is vaguely related to NOT surfing this year, but the rest is just affirmation for things I think I knew, but really…they ring pretty true.

This bit verifies that yes, I’m interested in tons of things, and also why I’m not seriously good at any of them. But why I stick with them until I feel like I can hold my own. (Snowboarding, carrying on conversations in other languages, ME stuff…)

Dominant Function: Introverted Thinking

While proficiency may not be a central goal, competence always is. Refined competency requires too much effort and has little attraction. It would require practice and that usually bores an INTP. Hence, it is common to see INTPs dabbling at many things, achieving competency, just enough to prove to themselves that they could become more proficient if they wished, but rarely actually bothering to refine their skills further.

This next bit resonates with my “humanity sucks and maybe I thought everyone else was an alien when I was little” side.
Also, my “people, PLEASE learn to DRIVE” thoughts.

INTP’s put great weight on being individuals and essentially different from other people, who they often view as being too alike and too interdependent. Independence touches on many aspects. One is the competency aspect above. When he is interested in something, then the INTP must be competent in it. But there are many things which don’t interest him, and some of these will be things that others may be very competent in and where it may be assumed that everyone should be competent in them.

This bit just says that I’m lazy, and that I think more than I execute on things. A known issue.

Also that I dislike people on the grounds of pretentious fakeness and stupidity. But the fake is much worse than the stupid, because you must be trying to be that way. I guess my pride is rooted here - in finding all those people annoying, I implicitly think they’re more stupid than I am. The part that doesn’t line up, is the lack of mockery…some people (only some, mind you) seem to make fun of me quite a bit. I suppose when it’s serious mockery, and I’m seriously feeling the disdain, it’s true - I have to thrown in the veiled insult. So really, thank you, sucky stupid people. You give me a chance to hone an edge I wouldn’t otherwise get to. And if I’m right, you’re too dense to realize you’re being insulted in the meantime! So fun.

Where they differ from other temperaments (especially from SP types) is that a large gap may exist between knowing and doing. To know is everything, to do is a lower order necessity, if it is necessary at all. This breeds the potential for lazy aloofness. The INTP is often satisfied simply by knowing that he could do something if he wished.

INTPs detest facades and particulary dislike people who exhibit them. Equally, those kind of people also dislike INTPs and avoid them at all cost, for they know that the INTP will see right through them. The INTP’s serious nature also makes them almost immune to mockery and being made fun of, at least when face to face with their mocker. The INTPs defence usually also contains a subtle but biting attack thrown back in the mocker’s face, chiefly because the INTP cannot entirely hide the fact that he believes his opponent to be stupid.

And finally, the explanation for the only mundane thing that stresses me out…schedules. (Yes, I was an administrative assistant for a while. But that was other peoples’ schedules, not mine!) I can be traveling and semi sick with chaos swirling around me, and be totally fine. If I’m supposed to be meeting someone, and I have to make a certain train by a certain time, with a certain transfer, then I seriously get sick to my stomach and grumpily stressed out. Weird. And I always think your social event is gonna suck, but usually have fun when I actually go.

The preference for intuitive perception means that INTPs dislike having their lives planned. They feel a distinct unease before most fixed appointments and cannot fully relax until the scheduled event is over, or at least in progress. However, the dreaded event is usually far less of a problem than had been imagined and usually brings with it a sense of satisfaction.

All done! Back to work…