1.) What is your MBTI type?
Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging.
2.) If you ever thought you were a different type, explain why.
After studying all of the types, I think it is blatantly obvious that I am an ISTJ.
3.) What are your percents? Are they on a 0-100% scale or 50-100% scale?
I do not know if this test is worth using or not, but I took it for the fun of it. Seemed accurate to me.
Personality Profile of Erik (Personality Type, Multiple Intelligences)
4.) What is your enneagram type (if known)?
Type 5, I would imagine. I never took the test -- I just looked at the profiles.
5.) What types are you attracted for for friendship and why?
I've noticed I "prefer" (That word sounds too strong, but will have to suffice) some of my friends over the others. One of them is definitely extroverted and simple-minded. (Not in a negative sense.) He can always get me in a good, or better, mood. Sometimes, though, he goes over the top and does things I find mildly embarrassing in public. (Once he asked the waitress for her phone number, in a joking manner. Seemed a bit....out of place.)
Now, another one of my friends, is as calm as I am. He doesn't get excessively loud, but he can relate to people. I suppose he is a bit more extroverted than myself, but it is really easy to talk to him.
My third friend (I only have need of a couple) is a little different. We are almost exactly opposites. It drives me nuts that he does everything impulsively, with no forethought, and I envy that he can connect with anyone on the fly. Don't misunderstand -- I can put a facade and converse with anyone if it is necessary, but I can't actually form a relationship like that. But nevertheless, I hang out with him all the time.
Those three "types" of friends are the ones I prefer -- regardless of gender. I have more female friends than male friends, but I spend more time with the males. (Probably because they live significantly closer.)
6.) What types are you attracted to for romantic relations and why?
I haven't done a ton of studying in this particular field and I do not think I am fit to answer this. When I am ready to find a mate, I will prepare for it and go look.
7.) What types do you generally enjoy working with and why?
I cannot stand working with the P type. I tolerate their presence, and I do work well with them (as well with anyone). I just need things to be done correctly. I am merely a grocery store service clerk, but when the manager wants something done, it needs to be done. And I feel as if....if I don't do it -- it doesn't get done. That bothers me.
Now that I've babbled on there, I guess that means I enjoy working with other J-types.
8.) What does your room/house look like?
My Mom (also an ISTJ) keeps the majority of the house in pristine condition 99% of the time. I keep my room looking orderly and organized.
9.) How imaginative do you consider yourself and what are you typically imaginative about?
I don't usually imagine things. I prefer to make it happen. This isn't to say I'm not creative --- I just take the imagined idea and plan it out into the physical world.
10.) What can you relate to about your type descriptions?
The ISTJ type description is almost scary accurate for me. I relate to 99.99% of what it says.
11.) What other types can you relate to well?
The ISFJ seems to be the next one I would relate to, but not much. Only in the sense that I have a little bit of empathy.
12.) What are you satisfied about in life?
Nothing yet -- I'm still working on it.
13.) What do you want to do as a career/what are you currently doing as a career?
Ultimately, I want to be in the upper management section of where I work currently. Initially I got the job at sixteen as a way to dump money into my savings account -- but then I discovered that I really like the company.
Now I want to work for 'em.
EDIT: Other Questions
1. What do you when you get stressed to get unstressed?
It usually doesn't happen right away, but if I can get some "alone time", like five or six hours or a day, with no social contact whatsoever, and nobody complaining about something I did or didn't do, then I can get over it. I periodically have these little "meltdown" periods.
I'm easily upset. Most of my stress comes from myself.
2. What advice would you give to the majority of people that would make life easier for them? (Try to be somewhat specific)
I'm still a kid -- I don't know a lot. Observation tells me that irresponsible people end up in debt and have tons of problems....so I would say, in general, the world's population should strive to be more responsible.
3. How would you describe your "social role" in your group of friends?
It seems that if I do not take initiative and plan the event, my friends don't do anything. Or rather, if they *do* get around to doing something, it's spontaneous, not nearly as fun, and generally a mess....
In general, I am the planner of the events, but I only plan when I need social contact. Which is rare.
My friends have also taken a liking to calling me "The Walking Dictionary", on occasion. I'm not sure if it's a complement or a cut down, but I like it. ; )
4. When presented with a (somewhat challenging) problem, how do you solve it?
I wait for a short amount of time, to see other people's input. If they succeed, which is rare, then my input was unnecessary and I saved myself energy. If they fail, which is somewhat common, then I put forth my opinion on how to do it and it generally works. Of course, I've had ample time to think about it before hand, and I've watched what doesn't work. ; )
If I'm alone, I research the problem in depth and solve it in due time. If I cannot solve it, I find someone who can.
5. Do you have pets? If so, what n' how many? AND, how do you treat your pets?
I have two dogs. Cocker Spaniels. One is twelve years old, the other is only three months old or so. I love them both, but I usually do not fawn over them and shower them with attention. They get enough of that from my Mom and my sister.
Don't really have time for that, either.
6. What's one thing that really annoys you in other people, and why?
Irresponsibility, lack of decisiveness, lack of cleanliness, lack of organization. Those aren't necessarily in order of how much.
When people are irresponsible, (and I feel as if I'm surrounded by those people at work and at school), it forces me to not only be responsible for myself, but for them as well. At work, if I don't do it, it simply doesn't get done. And then nobody is happy.
I hate it when people cannot make up their mind. I'm the guy that made his mind up last week, and isn't planning to change it. (Unless an emergency came up.) For example, choosing where to go to eat. I'm not picky -- food is food. I was taking my friends to lunch, and told them they could pick this time, and they kept changing their minds and I passed four or five different restaurants. After being fed up with it, I told 'em we were going to the burger joint because we haven't been there in a while. They were completely okay with that.
The last one is simple, really. I like things clean and in order. If you mess up my order, I get upset. Don't do it, please. ; )
7. Left or Right?
Handed? I'm right handed. I'm also conservative. (Right-winged, some call it? I'm not radical though.) I do like to go left though, when playing RPGs where you have to choose which walkway to explore first. I don't know why.
8. How do you have fun?
Fun involves completing self-given tasks. I get a sense of joy when I start something and actually finish it. I enjoy a good ending. I'm not overly concerned with the journey. I'm more concerned with what happens at the end of the journey.
9. Do you consider your inner world structured, and if so, how? Basically, describe your inner world.
I do. My mind works like a computer. I retrieve and store information at will, and can recall that information as needed. This makes me appear to be arrogant to some -- by trying to "outsmart" them, or some such nonsense. I just want to help people out.
Although, I do suffer from "I think I'm right most of the time" disease. ; )
10. How does music affect your emotional state? Do you listen to specific music in certain moods, is it especially nostalgic for you, etc. Do you consider music as having a personal meaning assigned by you, or a universal meaning that you figure out?
Music doesn't usually effect my emotional state. It does help me out when I'm stressed out, which happens a lot. I usually listen to the same style of music all of the time, with little or no deviation. (Progressive/Symphonic metal. Nightwish, Kamelot, Sonata Arctica, Serenity, and Within Temptation are just a few examples. My iPod's library is almost entirely bands like that.)
I do tie memories and music together. I don't know why. My sister ruined the Lost Odyssey game for me in this manner. The entire time I played that game, she was in this phase where she would continually listen to Gavin DeGraw's In Love With A Girl, and it drove me nuts. Now whenever I hear that song, or worse, play the game, I hear the other.
If I was listening to a song at a time when something upset me....whenever I hear that song afterwards, I get upset all over again, even if I don't remember what the initial upset was.
Music doesn't really have a "meaning" to me. It just sounds good. ; )
11. How annoyed are you at the positioning of my post, and the work-in-progressness of it?
Personally, I wouldn't want to post something unless my data collection of it was complete, but being a user of RPG Maker XP, I do know why you would post something that is incomplete. I posted my incomplete game so it could be critiqued and the like. It's a way of gathering data. I get that.
12. What are your "secret desires"?
I don't have any secret desires.... Everything is pretty straightforward with me.
13. How do think people view you when they first meet you?
Positive reactions I get from people:
Polite, Good posture, Good manners.
Negative reactions I get from people:
Insensitive, anti-social, pessimistic.
I'm also sarcastic. This is perceived in both ways -- some people view my sarcasm like I do, they think it is funny. Others, however, find it distasteful and sometimes rude.
My friends also tell me that they like my jokes, but usually have to think about it before they get it. Once I received a text from a friend, saying he was laughing. At the inquiry of why he was laughing, he explained he had "just now got the funny".
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14. What do you feel about introverts, and why?
Because I am one, I find that coexistence is very easy. I communicate with other introverts easily. I think this is due to the common ground we all share.
15. What do you feel about extr(a/o)verts, and why?
I usually either love, or loathe, these people. I enjoy my extroverted friends, and family, but others....ugh. I feel as if sometimes, extroverts exist just to mess up my internal peace. I know that idea is outright messed up, but that's the way I feel.
16. What do (you) perceive are the differences between males and females of your type?
The only other ISTJ I know closely enough is my Mom. Our main difference is emotional level -- I tend to react to situations slowly and carefully. Not too long ago, some boneheaded teenager rear-ended me on the way to church, and after being plowed up the road and into a sign, I never said a word. My expression, (as was told to me by my sister) was blank. My main thoughts were along the lines of "Wonderful....now I have to fix this. I suppose the first thing to do is call the police, and then my parents, and figure this out from there. After the event was over, I was somewhat surprised at how calm my reaction was.
17. How annoyed are you at the vagueness of my questions?
Not particularly. I understand that you are trying to gather data. It is difficult to ask precise questions when you are dealing with multiple types.
18. What is the most common misconception people have of you?
People usually think I am anti-social and therefore cold-blooded. It's not that I do not want to talk to other people.... It's just, unless I have a reason to be talking to them, I see little point in doing so. I hate, and avoid using except when necessary, "pleasantries".
19. What is the biggest thing about yourself that you hate?
I worry far too much about things I cannot control. So much that I bring further stress upon myself.
20. What is the biggest thing about yourself that you love?
I love order, cleanliness, planned events, etc. Those traits are directly related to my personality. Therefore, I love myself. ; )
22. What is (the) one thing that people don't know about you?
I would imagine lots of things. I do not open myself up to people unless I deem it necessary. That logic shows that my traits would appear to be a mystery to most.
24. How and why did you pick the avatar (?)
My avatar is a personally-recolored picture of the "Vault Boy", from Fallout 3. I like the game, and the mascot design. That's all. There isn't a deep hidden meaning behind it.
26. How do you generally meet new friends?
Usually through forced introduction. I do not go out and look for friends, usually. I end up making friends with the people I'm stuck with. (That sounds negative, but I don't mean it that way.)
27. What are some of your most important values?
Responsibility, Honesty, Character.