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I took the Meyers-Briggs tests a few days before I actually read the learning types included in our packets, and I at first didn't realize that they corresponded. I went through the different types and started underlining sentences that I felt best described me. Under the first list, I nearly circled every bullet point under the Extroverts description. That was a no-brainer to me– I often think out loud, happily volunteer in discussions, and have an annoyingly short attention span. However, I do not like working with groups as much as I prefer one-on-one and independent studies. Referring back to my "Type" I do have a 33 percent preference for being an Extrovert, but the small percentage allows room for some introverted characteristics to sneak in.

Just by looking at the next comparison set, sensing and intuition, it's apparent that I am more intuitive. There are stars next to nearly every other bullet point, and on the sensing side, one lonely star announces that I "Do well on objective tests". So that added up as well with my profile which said that I'm 38% intuitive. Of all the characteristics of the intuitive thinker, I do tend to out-think myself, I can quickly solve problems and absolutely despise busy work, I like open ended assignments subject to my interpretation, and I work with bursts of energy. This was starting to seem obviously accurate. A conflict then occurs with my results on the thinking/feeling comparison chart. I have an equal amount of stars on either side, but my profile says that I'm overwhelmingly a feeler. As far as "thinking" is concerned, I AM very achievement oriented, and I prefer to work alone. I take prescribed rules and guidelines seriously and am very self motivated. On the feeling side, I'd rather talk about values and feelings, I constantly crave praise and approval, and I like to be close to my teachers. The biggest mistake in labeling me mostly feeling is that I do indeed want to succeed and a lot of my motivation comes from that.

As far as the judging/perceiving, I can't agree with my 67% rating as judging. I enjoy flexibility, variety, and above all NOVELTY. I revel in autonomy, and can manage several tasks and projects at once. Though in the judging spectrum, I really take pleasure from finishing and I usually end up doing this as far as my work goes. When it comes to my own hobbies, however, I tend to never follow through to the end. As a judging type, however, I don't like surprises, and that's something I'd rather not be described with even though it's true.

And finally, reflecting on my writing style as an ENFJ, I most definitely can identify with the extrovert in me, the intuition driven writing style, and perhaps a nice combination of the feeling and thinking writing style as I do like to combine facts along with my personal values. However, as far as the judging and perception writing style, I fancy myself as more of a perceptive writer where deadlines MOST definitely motivate my completion as I'm writing this the morning it is due, and I use similar examples and paragraphs from previous works to support whatever I'm writing at the present. I hardly limit myself or set outlines or goals for my writing, and my first drafts are lengthy and rambling, and of all the writing styles there are, I most definitely would relate myself withe perceiving and extrovert writing styles.