I’m an ISTJ, so what!
So, I have written about this topic a time or two already. It seems to rear its ugly head at least once a year (or every six months) depending on how things are going at the job. But I am at a time AGAIN where I am trying to figure out what the heck I want to do. I have taken the Myers Briggs personality test and have learned that I am an ISTJ to the T. It would be like Diddy trying to deny Justin if I said I were any other type of personality according to this test…it just wouldn’t be believable.
I do know that these tests are just a vague road map to what type of personality people have and that there are several routes to get to the same destination. Although you may fit a specific type does not mean you don’t have traits of others (which is good to know). So I read about love, children, relationships, etc and then come upon career. If I had one word to describe what I read it would be BORING. But maybe I am a boring person…and to be honest…I am. I am a person that is content with the little things, contrary to popular belief. I HATE being the center of attention and don’t have to be on the scene all the time. My little humble abode provides much satisfaction for me in my spare time, which is both a good and bad thing. I can become a home body and have to yank myself out of the house at times. But, I digressed..the point is I know that I can be boring but does that mean I have to have a boring career. This is the list of career options best suited for an ISTJ…
*YAWN* I mean I will take it as a compliment because most of these careers are chosen by dedicated, smart, and determined individuals. But do all smart people have to be dag-gone accountants..sheesh. I would prefer CIA agent, private investigator to the rich and famous, Secretary of Intelligence to the President, etc (notice a pattern…I NEED THE GOODS..INFO GOODS..I LOVE MY JUICE IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW..AND STAY PARCHED). I’m sure those things get two yawns from you guys. But they sound quite intriguing to me. I know I do not have the personality to be an artists of any sort..but what about a Publicist, Interior Designer, Event Planner..and how could I forget a Psychologist (which I wish I would have majored in rather than business…still kicking myself in the arse for that one).
Jumping ahead what if I did become a CIA Agent. Would that satisfy me enough to stick with it for 20+ years like the many generations before us have done with their jobs. Hmmm…? My co-worker’s have a hard time staying 2 years let alone 20. We yougin’s aren’t built like that anymore. We are spoiled and want any and everything ASAP. IT’S A NEW DAY PEOPLE…THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED..lol. Sorry..my alter ego Sister Panther Shakur came out. I’ve returned from the 60’s…my bad. But I just feel antsy. Like there are so many things I would LOVE to do but don’t have the time and ESPECIALLY the money. I would love to go back to school..but AINT HAPPENING. I don’t do loans nor can I pull myself to write 50 essays or study 90 hrs/week for a test. Especially not when I have a job where I already work 40-80hrs on any given week. Can’t do it…won’t do it. But my search for new endeavors has officially begun. And by now you should know that when I set my mind to something…IT SHALL COME TO FRUITION. ASALAMALAKUM!!!
~SoSaditty~
ASALAMALAKUM……………..LMAO!!! You are hilarious! And yes, I must admit…all those hum drum careers do fit your “controlling, leading, de-militant” personality! LOL! WHEW I kill myself! But no seriously, I think if you could find a mixture of the humdrum career of an accountant/judge/lawyer with the excitement of the career planner/interior designer career, you would be “IN IT TO WIN IT”! The thing is finding that match. Now that’s a hard task to do!
It can be done though, and hopefully it doesn’t take long to do it, since I know you are YEARIN’ for something new!
So as always, I’ll say my prayers that something NEW & EXCITING will come your way!