~*Personality*~

According to the Myers-Briggs personality test, I am an INFP-T. This alarmed me, since I’ve always been an INFJ, and I felt like I was disrespecting my brand.

I think the personality quiz is pretty accurate, considering I’ve gotten the same result as when I’ve taken the quiz in the past. When I’ve taken this quiz before, I’ve gotten INFJ as a result, and this time my judging and prospecting categories were at 49 and 51 percent respectively. I’m happy that I’ve stayed consistent, even though I feel like I’m betraying my people. INFP-T, the mediator, is someone who wants harmony by helping people. I agree with probably 90% of what the website says. I tend to judge everything based on my principles rather than logic, as mentioned on the website. I am also very creative and like expressing myself through my work. I’m a classic mediator in the way that I’m very close with my circle of friends and I try to maintain peace within the group. I’m in the middle of turbulent and assertive and I think that is pretty accurate too.

According to the test, I am 93% introverted, which is incredibly accurate. The insight of the day on the website states that “Mediators are the most likely personality type to need at least half an hour to really wake up.” This is a really random fact, but it describes me very well. My friends know not to plan things before 10 a.m. because I will either sleep through them or show up half alive. The website also states that mediators best express themselves through creative works, and I totally do that with my music and art. This is the one that blew my mind. Mediators are great about reading into other’s feelings/motivations, which I have known about myself, but they also are unwilling to let others see the same insight into themselves. “It’s as though mediators like the idea of human contact, but not the reality of social contact.” That is 100% me. That statement is so me that I feel uncomfortable writing it down and exposing the workings of my mind (which is exactly what it says I have issues with). I’ve known that I hate talking about my feelings, but I thought it was just a Katie thing not a personality thing. I feel enlightened. Mediators like doing jobs that help other people, and I really relate to that, as well as their need to find a job in something they’re passionate about. It states that INFP’s would make good therapists or teachers, which are both jobs I’ve been interested in because I want to help other people.

Although I agreed with many parts of the quiz, I disagreed with the claim that mediators only want harmony. I like solving problems so that everything is normal and righted again, but I usually don’t care about harmony and keeping the peace while making it happen. I work toward happy endings with methods that aren’t always peaceful, which isn’t a very mediator trait. In the workplace, the website mentions that INFPs aren’t dominant and would rather have everyone be equal than having a boss in control. I hate that. I want order and control. It also says that INFPs don’t do well in high-stress team-oriented jobs which I disagree with. I like working with people to complete jobs and I wouldn’t be able to handle a laid-back work atmosphere without getting bored. 

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