If you haven\u2019t taken this profile test I strongly encourage you to, it is completely free and very well worth the time you’ll spend<\/a>. I found it fascinating to learn that some of the things we intuitively know about ourselves are more than just in our mind.<\/p>\n Anyway\u2026 I\u2019ve known for a long time that I am an INFP, but thanks to David Grigger<\/a>, I revisited myself and did a little research into something I have never considered before. Simply put, the results astonished to me.<\/p>\n What am I talking about? About how my personality type affects my writing<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n First, I found the image above.\u00a0 It describes the general INFP writer. Weird d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu<\/em><\/strong>. I agreed with most, but not all of it. Which in itself seems to be a factor of the INFP personality. People are individuals, every single one of us. Yes, many of us do fit rather neatly into boxes \u2013 such as those defining personality traits. However sometimes we don\u2019t, and that is okay because we\u2019re all unique people. Just like you, there will never be another me.<\/p>\n Onward!<\/strong> A little dissatisfied with the elements on the image that don\u2019t fit my own perception of myself, I continued my research into me. After a few false starts I found a really wonderful website called \u201cWrite with Personality<\/a>\u201d. The website is run by a lady named Andrea J. Wenger, who you can find on Twitter as @AndreaJWenger<\/a>. Her site is full of amazing information.\u00a0 It is definitely worth visiting.\u00a0 Andrea’s site also happens to contain a page dedicated to me!<\/p>\n {Okay, okay\u2026 the page isn\u2019t really dedicated to me, but to my Myers-Briggs Personality type. Namely the INFP<\/a>.\u00a0 Close enough I say! :)}.<\/p>\n Andrea\u2019s description of the INFP writer is insightful and startlingly accurate. Reading it felt as though someone who knew me better than I know myself had written a description of me. I learnt a lot about myself reading it, especially about my bad habits. {Yes, I was as shocked as you to learn I have more than a few of those!}<\/p>\n The most striking of those bad habits is how I discovered I really am unconcerned with \u201cthe facts<\/em><\/strong>\u201d. To my mind, facts are irrelevant little things behind which deceitful people often hide. The facts<\/em><\/strong> are used to distort things as often as they are used to prove points of view. To me, facts are only important when used as guide-marks toward truths. However, it is also apparent how my disregard of hard and fast facts is not shared by the majority of humanity. I should probably work harder trying to understand why facts are more important than feelings to so many. I probably should\u2026<\/p>\n After reading all about me {isn\u2019t ourself<\/strong><\/em> a fascinating subject for almost every human?}, I decided to build my own image of myself as an INFP writer. The most difficult thing about doing this wasn\u2019t being honest, which I find easy. No, it was using explicit words to describe myself, which I find extremely difficult since it feels so strongly like blowing my own trumpet.<\/p>\n Regardless of my discomfort, my version of my #INFP me appears above.<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Characteristics](\"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/INFP-writers.jpg\")
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