Understanding the Girl inside VIA mbti

Our freshman class had to take the MBTI test which told us what our natural abilities were. Each paper we got back told us what four letter best described those natural abilities. Mine were ENFJ, meaning Extrovert, Intuition, Feeling, and Judging. Each letter means something different and has a lot of background to explain the letter and how it applies to us.

“E” for extrovert means interest in the people and things around a person. This basically means that I love to be around people and keep in touch. Along with that, it means that I draw my energy from people rather than books or alone time. This applies to me because I am truly an extrovert. I love hanging with my friends and just talking. When I see someone I know it gives me joy to yell out their names and wave my arm around crazily just so that they may come and join me for a bit. I have found that learning I am an extrovert before the test told me I was, I was looking for others and trying to see if they were extroverted or introverts. I found that I really like getting to know new people and I like being able to name them all off. As an extrovert I am really excited talking to strangers and big groups of people so when I realized I was an extrovert a lot of the things I did made more sense.

“N” for Intuition means interest in what can be imagined, seen with “the mind’s eye.” Basically saying that I like to look for the imaginative way of doing things and I like to see all the possibilities. Being an “N” means that we are creative people who enjoy planning and are especially excited by “possibilities for people.” The “N” gives us a more conceptual and global approach to life. We like to bring outer world into harmony with our intensely felt people-values. Knowing that I am an “N” helps me because I understand where my creative side is and how it affects some of the things I do. Once I learned that I was an “N” I, again, began looking for it in the things I do and I found that it is something that I do often yet it is so small that it’s hard to find. Yet, when I paid attention I found that when I am left with a choice I look for all the possibilities and imagine all of them, but it always turns out to be something I was unable to think of.

“F” for Feeling means interest in knowing what is important and valuable. Being a feeler can also mean that I am more attuned to the feelings of others. As a feeler I look for the right in all the wrong and I try to learn something of value form everything. During my daily life I find myself trying to find the important stuff in what I am reading and figuring if it is valuable enough for me to need to memorize. I find myself trying to stay positive and continue looking for what I can learn from most of the things that God shows me, which is hard a lot of times. Along with those I am usually good with knowing when someone is upset and am always trying to make someone who I know is upset smile.

“J” for Judging means interest in acting by organizing, planning, deciding. I truly know that this is a part of my daily life. I am really bad at time management, but I feel like I have to have some kind of plan for my day or I feel as though I will go insane. When some friends want to hang out I find that I do all the planning by asking the important questions like, where and when. There are certain spots in my room where they are alphabetical or staked from biggest to smallest in size. My closet is ordered by colors, light to dark. So keeping things organized is not hard for me. Time management is a flaw I need to fix soon. When my roommate and suitemate have to choose a place to sit, it is more likely that I pick because they tend to do whatever. I take lead when I should not do so, but I find it strange just waiting for someone to make a choice when I could do it in a few seconds. A problem with being a “J” is that we may become people who need control. I know personally I am working hard to let go of control of my life. I feel as though I should be able to control everyone and everything, but I can’t. I have made great progress in that area. There are downfalls to every one of the letters we are given, but we must take them and turn them into strengths.

All of these letters and their meanings are helpful tools to my plans for the future. Each one helps me to see another part of me that God created and I am able to see them. Once I am able to see them, I can use them to my advantage and work to make them stronger. These help my current goals of meeting new people well because I am able to plan them in, meet them, and hang out with them. They help my future goals because all the above are perfect for becoming a singer or basically anything else I may want to follow. God has a plan for this strange girl and I will follow these strengths to find where he wants me.