It always amazes me reading through my report how much it really says about who I am. It pretty much hits me right on the head. I am ISFJ, but the clarity of those preferences varies. I am just barely over the line to be an introvert, but over the past year I have noticed I’ve become more comfortable in more situations being extroverted. As I think about it, it’s still more with people I know well, but I’m more relaxed in groups of new people than I used to be. That was one of my goals becoming a peer mentor and it’s worked.
I have a moderate preference for sensing and that fits me well. I am a very hands-on learner and so I try to make the most of that fact when I am in class and in everyday life. I am very traditional and like when there’s routine, but I’ve been working on my adaptability to change. My preference for feeling is in the clear zone. As I said in class I try to avoid conflict at all costs. I always try to find the best solutions to make everyone, if not happy at least comfortable with decisions. My best example is at home with my roommates. Having a dirty house stresses me out, but instead of saying anything I just go ahead and clean it so I don’t have to worry about it anymore and maybe they’ll get the hint… I definitely don’t seek it out by any means, but when I ‘m faced with it I’ll run at it head-on. It’s funny how alike my mom and I are on this preference…
I have a moderate preference for judging, so I like to plan. Spring break last year, my roommate and I planned everything from the hotel to what food we were taking for what meals by the end of January. We’re going on a weekend trip this October and we’ve been planning it since the week before school started. I like to have stuff planned out. At the same time though I like a little variation in my schedule to break it up. I’ve done a lot more this year already on the fly. I’m already swamped with schoolwork so I try to make time for myself to have fun, but it’s almost more fun when it’s not planned for. I definitely try to at the very least get started and a ways through the project or assignment I’m working on or it will bother me the entire time I’m gone, but it’s kept me from getting really bogged down and stressed out about being stretched to my limits like I am sometimes. If anything, my judging preference has probably gotten less clear and gone more toward the perceiving type, at least my systematic and scheduled sub-types have.
I think it will always amaze me at the accuracy of this test. A lot of people are skeptical of it, but reading through it and having me described to myself is really fun. My preferences vary day to day and by situation, but that’s normal. They probably will still more as I get older, just as they have since I’ve been a freshman. It just kind of depends on what experiences I go through and am shaped from.
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