I took a personality trait test online today. I have to admit, these results are pretty damn accurate. So, if you want to know what I'm like, have a looksie:
Trait Explanations
Openness
This trait refers to the extent to which you prefer novelty versus convention. Approximately 85% of respondents have a lower openness raw percentage than yours. From the way you answered the questions, you seem to describe yourself as someone who is far more intellectually curious and sensitive to beauty than most. You might say that your beliefs are individualistic and frequently drift towards the unconventional, and that you enjoy your imagination and the exciting places it takes you!
Conscientiousness
This trait refers to the extent to which you prefer an organised, or a flexible, approach in life. Approximately 56% of respondents have a lower conscientiousness raw percentage than yours. From the way you answered the questions, you seem to describe yourself as someone who is random and fun to be around but that you can plan and persist when life requires it. From your responses it appears that depending on the situation, you can make quick decisions or deliberate for longer if necessary.
Extraversion
This trait refers to the extent to which you enjoy company, and seek excitement and stimulation. Approximately 21% of respondents have a lower extraversion raw percentage than yours. From the way you answered the questions, you seem to describe yourself as someone who prefers low-key social occasions, with a few close friends. You might say that it's not that you are afraid of large parties; they're just not that fun for you.
Agreeableness
This trait refers to the way you express your opinions and manage relationships. Approximately 58% of respondents have a lower agreeableness raw percentage than yours. From the way you answered the questions, you seem to describe yourself as someone who gets along with people well, especially once they have proved themselves trustworthy to you. Your responses suggest that you do have a healthy scepticism about others' motives, but that doesn't stop you from considering others to be basically honest and decent.
Neuroticism (Emotional stability)
This trait refers to the way you cope with, and respond to, life's demands. Approximately 11% of respondents have a lower neuroticism raw percentage than yours. From the way you answered the questions, you seem to describe yourself as someone who is calm and emotionally stable. Based on your responses, you come across as someone who is rarely bothered by things, and when they do get you down the feeling does not persist for very long.
Jungian Typology Estimate
Research has found that the Big Five personality traits are significantly related to Jungian Typology (e.g. the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator). This is a popular alternative personality framework regularly used for personal development, in which Types are used rather than Traits. Based on your Big Five trait scores, your estimated Type is shown below:
INTJ
Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging
INTJs are very analytical individuals. They are more comfortable working alone than with other people, and are not usually as sociable as others, although they are prepared to take the lead if nobody else is up to the task, or they see a major weakness in the current leadership. They tend to be very pragmatic and logical individuals, often with an individualistic bent and a low tolerance for spin or rampant emotionalism. They are also commonly not susceptible to catchphrases and commonly do not recognize authority based on tradition, rank or title. Hallmark features of the INTJ personality type include independence of thought, strong individualism and creativity. Persons with this personality type work best given large amounts of autonomy and creative freedom. They harbour an innate desire to express themselves; that is to be creative by conceptualizing their own intellectual designs. Analyzing and formulating complex theories are among their greatest strengths.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
All Grown Up
Back in September, I entered an essay contest. I didn't win. So now I can post it on my blog.
A few days ago my friend told me about an essay contest in a magazine. The challenge is to write about the moment or event that happened in your life that made you feel like you had become a grown-up. It's really got me thinking. What has happened to me that has made me feel "all grown up"? I'm not sure that moment exists. I grow. I learn. I have matured, but am I a grown-up? That seems like an end, a finale. Some days I feel like an adult, and other days it blows my mind that I'm closer to thirty than I am to twenty. One day I will feel accomplished, and the next I will feel lost. All grown up? No. That moment does not exist to me. I am growing. I am an adult. A child's spirit and an old soul both reside inside of me, and both are always learning from the other.
I felt grown up when I had my first "real" boyfriend, then realized how little I knew about love until I met Greg, and I still feel that there will always be more to discover about him and about love.
I felt grown up when I got my first job, but I understood what a true work ethic was years later.
I felt grown up when I stayed strong in front of my father when he was in the hospital having heart surgery, but I felt so little when I broke down once I got back home.
Maybe feeling grown up doesn't come from one pivotal moment. Maybe it reaches us like ocean waves- at times a moment of adulthood will crash into you, and if you don't dive under, immersing your whole self into the wave, it will knock you over. Then at times, maybe the tide is so low that no matter how far you reach out, you can barely reach the water, or you can only test the water with your big toe- too timid to just run in, because the high tide might roll in and overwhelm you (grown up situations can be scary). It ebbs and flows. It comes and goes. Adult. Child. Grown up. Lost. I am all of these. Perhaps it is this understanding- that the title "grown-up" doesn't have to mean I'm done growing- that has made me realize that I actually have become a grown-up.
A few days ago my friend told me about an essay contest in a magazine. The challenge is to write about the moment or event that happened in your life that made you feel like you had become a grown-up. It's really got me thinking. What has happened to me that has made me feel "all grown up"? I'm not sure that moment exists. I grow. I learn. I have matured, but am I a grown-up? That seems like an end, a finale. Some days I feel like an adult, and other days it blows my mind that I'm closer to thirty than I am to twenty. One day I will feel accomplished, and the next I will feel lost. All grown up? No. That moment does not exist to me. I am growing. I am an adult. A child's spirit and an old soul both reside inside of me, and both are always learning from the other.
I felt grown up when I had my first "real" boyfriend, then realized how little I knew about love until I met Greg, and I still feel that there will always be more to discover about him and about love.
I felt grown up when I got my first job, but I understood what a true work ethic was years later.
I felt grown up when I stayed strong in front of my father when he was in the hospital having heart surgery, but I felt so little when I broke down once I got back home.
Maybe feeling grown up doesn't come from one pivotal moment. Maybe it reaches us like ocean waves- at times a moment of adulthood will crash into you, and if you don't dive under, immersing your whole self into the wave, it will knock you over. Then at times, maybe the tide is so low that no matter how far you reach out, you can barely reach the water, or you can only test the water with your big toe- too timid to just run in, because the high tide might roll in and overwhelm you (grown up situations can be scary). It ebbs and flows. It comes and goes. Adult. Child. Grown up. Lost. I am all of these. Perhaps it is this understanding- that the title "grown-up" doesn't have to mean I'm done growing- that has made me realize that I actually have become a grown-up.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Let's Start Now
Yes, yes, a blog entry about New Year's resolutions, how original. I don't care.
For the new year...
> I'm going to do some actual hands on volunteer work. My first step starts on the 12th, with an orientation for working for the Food Bank of Oregon. I hope to give my services to other organizations, the neighborhood, or just another person needing an extra hand. I've been too selfish these past several years, and it's high time I change that.
> The new and improved Monthly Art Projects project starts today! We meet for dinner and submit words and phrases that will hopefully inspire me to create and to be excited about creating. One word or phrase a month will be drawn, and our imaginations take care of the rest! A few of my friends and I tried this last year, and after one really awesome first month, a couple ehh - alright months we faultered and went into total abandonment of the whole thing. It was sad, but we were not fully committed to the projects. This time, I am going to make it a priority in my life. I need to awaken my curiosity in art, and I'm ready to take it seriously.
> I've got a gym membership. I go every once in a while, but I need to make it a habit. I need to crave working out. I need to want to do it. This fat on my ass and belly is making itself a little too at home, and I'm ready to kick it out like the no good squatter it is!
Well, those are the tops. There are a couple other things here and there, but I don't see them as goals for just one year. These are more like little changes and tweaks toward self-improvement that I'm sure I'll be working on for a lifetime. As for now, goals are set. It's in writing. Maybe the three of you that read this can hold me accountable for keeping these resolutions.
Goodbye, 2009. Hello, 2010.
For the new year...
> I'm going to do some actual hands on volunteer work. My first step starts on the 12th, with an orientation for working for the Food Bank of Oregon. I hope to give my services to other organizations, the neighborhood, or just another person needing an extra hand. I've been too selfish these past several years, and it's high time I change that.
> The new and improved Monthly Art Projects project starts today! We meet for dinner and submit words and phrases that will hopefully inspire me to create and to be excited about creating. One word or phrase a month will be drawn, and our imaginations take care of the rest! A few of my friends and I tried this last year, and after one really awesome first month, a couple ehh - alright months we faultered and went into total abandonment of the whole thing. It was sad, but we were not fully committed to the projects. This time, I am going to make it a priority in my life. I need to awaken my curiosity in art, and I'm ready to take it seriously.
> I've got a gym membership. I go every once in a while, but I need to make it a habit. I need to crave working out. I need to want to do it. This fat on my ass and belly is making itself a little too at home, and I'm ready to kick it out like the no good squatter it is!
Well, those are the tops. There are a couple other things here and there, but I don't see them as goals for just one year. These are more like little changes and tweaks toward self-improvement that I'm sure I'll be working on for a lifetime. As for now, goals are set. It's in writing. Maybe the three of you that read this can hold me accountable for keeping these resolutions.
Goodbye, 2009. Hello, 2010.
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