According to the test I scored as an INFP, with the following break down in categories:
introvert, twelve percent
intuitive, fifty six percent
feeling, three percent
perceiving, sixty six percent
As you can see the categories of introvert and feeling were only marginally leaning in those directions, which I feel is in tune with my personality. I can definitely be extroverted at times. There are many times out of the day where I bask in the attention of others, even seek it out. The feeling category is even lower on the scale. At only three percent I'm almost split perfectly between feeling and thinking. This is another truth I find in myself. I relate well with others, sometimes even becoming overwhelmed by another person's emotions as I begin to empathize with them and feel them as my own emotions. But on the other side of that coin I do like things to be well thought out, using logic to get the results that I want. Like a chess player sometimes I find myself thinking several moves ahead.
As far as writing and my education go, with this personality test as well as my own personal examination of myself I believe I have pin pointed some weaknesses I possess. I am inherently a procrastinator. Putting things off to the last minute is often my downfall, as I become overwhelmed at the amount of work before me. According to the test results on leveraging this personality type in my favor a good way to resolve my problems with procrastination and deadlines is to set multiple smaller deadlines over the duration of the project I'm working on. This is definitely something I will be trying in the future.
One of the startlingly accurate personality traits in regard to my writing that an INFP possesses is difficulty with the beginning and end of a written work. This is all too true, as I struggle with those often. It also suggests that I begin writing by reflecting on the information at hand, as opposed to just diving right in to work. That is yet another true link to my personality, as I never start writing without first stopping to think through and plan all possible angles of the subject.
And now, true to my Jung Typology test I am struggling with the conclusion in this blog post. This is definitely a key issue I'll need to resolve in order to improve my writing. I am really quite glad to have taken this test though. It has shed some light on who I am both as a student and in my social life as well. I take all of these types of surveys with a grain of salt of course, as the saying goes. It does seem that you can never be impartial when answering questions about yourself. However, by being completely honest with yourself and the answers you give I can see just how helpful a test like this is, as it has definitely given me ideas to work on as well as strengths that I can play to.
