The description of my personality was spot-on!
I was described as ENFJ, and to explain;
Extroverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Judging.
Reading the profile of my personality, I realized things about myself that I do not normally think about.
My desire to meet deadlines, be the center of attention, multi-task (to the point of overload), persuade and lead a group; all these things make up who I am yet they are all operating somewhere in the background.
Recently I made the decision to return to school after being in the workforce for many years. I have held all sorts of different jobs, and tired of them all very quickly. This kept me from returning to school because I feared that I would just as easily tire of a job I trained for. The year I turned 30, I now see as my year of awakening! I made a lot of life changing decisions that year, one of them being to return to school and get my degree to teach. I am now 31, and I am in my year of ACTION. I am embarking on my second semester, and have settled in to the idea of becoming a High School art teacher. I love to help people, and the thought of helping students grow artistically excites me to no end. At the end of the typology test it gave reviews for careers and suggestions, top of the list for my personality was teacher!
What can I take away from this as a writer?
Understanding my strengths and weaknesses would be top of my list to grow as a writer. As I read the typology indicators for writing I completely agreed with everything that it said about ENFJ! I need to be in charge and lead group activities, I find it much easier to write about subjects that are close to my heart, and I spend more time talking about my ideas than actually writing about them. The indicator said ENFJ's use figurative or controversial language, and I see that as a strength in my writing, not something that I need to change. I realize now that limiting the use of "I" and broadening my subject horizon could be the most important lesson that I take away from this.
I am excited to have learned a little more about myself today!
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