Stress and Work

Today I started a series of webinars offered through work by our insurance on minimizing stress. I will be keeping a journal of "stressful moments" during my day and I also had a few assignments. The first was to take the Myers Briggs test. As always I am an INFJ. One of the INFJ key traits is that we tend to over analyze ourselves and every situation in our world. Needless to say, I love taking tests that analyze why I do the things I do. In this case, the workbook has several tips on what tends to stress this personality type out and what to do to minimize my stress. Oddly enough, over analyzing things is something I should be avoiding.

Hmmm....does this mean I should stop taking personality tests?

If you want to know what the Myers-Briggs test is or it means to be an INFJ you can go to the following websites:
INFJ Wikipedia page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INFJ
Myers Briggs Wikipedia page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator

My other assignment was to do some deep breathing exercises. Unfortunately, I kept getting distracted by my email when I tried to do these at work. I have done them effectively at yoga class so I know I can.....away from the office anyway.

INFJ

There is this fun little widget on Facebook that lets you take your Myers-Briggs test and then match it to all of your friends (or at least those who took the test). What is interesting is how many of my librarian friends are testing out to be INFJ. Considering it is "the most rare of all personality types" I find that kind of spooky. Not surprisingly (because it is also an INFJ trait to really bond with "our kind") they are some of my favorite people. Apart from the dating thing, I really like being an INFJ. We are a pretty great bunch of people:)



Now, I just have say it, ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!!!

Myers-Brigss Personality Test

Just for fun I retested myself, I haven't changed but that isn't surprising. What is surprising is that these mini tests still manage to pick the same type as the long involved test I took years ago.

You Are An INFJ

The Protector You live your life with integrity, originality, vision, and creativity. Independent and stubborn, you rarely stray from your vision - no matter what it is. You are an excellent listener, with almost infinite patience. You have complex, deep feelings, and you take great care to express them. You would make a great photographer, alternative medicine guru, or teacher.

What's Your Personality Type?