08-27-2023, 11:40 AM
(08-27-2023, 08:02 AM)Ampersnd Wrote: Appreciate the response.
I like these passages:
[*]If we identify to much with our persona, I.e. the image we present to other people, we feel the need to have a "definition" of who we are and how we are separated from others.
[*]Definitions of ourselves are only needed for helping other people get a sense of who we "are", which by it nature will always be a great over-simplification, and we need to see those definitions for their simplified purpose, rather than a necessity for ourselves to ponder.
I'm bit into wordplay and wordsmithing, but that in itself might be a trap. Good definitions require for 100% of the things it references to be included in the definition, excluding the rest, and I think that this might be stifling me, having to fit perfectly into the labels or needing to find the perfect label.
Are you aware of your Myer’s Brig’s type? From your posts I would put you as someone who uses Ti (Introverted thinking) heavily. Probably a Ti dominant. If I had to guess ISTP. ISTPs are logical problem solvers that like to fix problems in the here and now. Ti also has a habit of trying to define things and find the perfect word for something. Other possibilities are INTP, ENTP and maybe ESTP. Of course you could be something completely different, but these are the possibilities I see from my limited POV of you.
I’ve found Myer’s Brigs helpful in my life, although I don’t use it religiously anymore as I found it stifling to a degree. Now I use it as one element among many systems and ways of thinking.