[INFJ] Do INFJs need a "hobby"? If so, what???

[Wyst]

Yeah, helping others to succeed is good too.. I guess. ;P

People tell me I'm too nice.

 

[entropie]

People tell me I'm too nice.

Too nice and weird are not far away from each other an infj told me once

Dont ask me what it means so, I dont get it myself

 

[Wyst]

My new hobby is baiting ENPs.
So fun.

 

[Synarch]

My new hobby is baiting ENPs.
So fun.

All INFJ's like this. It's a type of flirting and closeness. They can let out some of their natural INFJ mean-ness, but in a way where no one gets hurt. Because they secretly like to get a rise out of people, especially if they know it will be taken in stride. And, we ENTP's take all of life in stride.

 

[entropie]

My new hobby is baiting ENPs.
So fun.

Wait till you reach the champions league. Mercy on your arse my friend

 

[Wyst]

All INFJ's like this. It's a type of flirting and closeness. They can let out some of their natural INFJ awesome-ness, but in a way where no one gets hurt. Because they secretly like to get a rise out of people, especially if they know it will be taken in stride. And, we ENTP's take all of life in stride.

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S'ok synny-poo, people make mistakes but like you said:

And, we ENTP's take all of life in stride.

 

[Wyst]

Wait till you reach the champions league. Mercy on your arse my friend

As long as it's from a girl...
And not a transsexual one either.

 

[entropie]

Ouh my, you got a lot to learn young Skywalker, a lot to learn

 

[Wyst]

Ouh my, you got a lot to learn young Skywalker, a lot to learn

Like I said below...

As long as it's from a girl...
And not a transsexual one either.

 

[entropie]

1:0 for you, wait for the counterattack, it'll come I promise

 

[professor goodstain]

I just don't know whether I could undertake a hobby that would "survive" - I know I would tire of it and it would end up in the back of a cupboard - forgotten...

i believe you are an ENTP, my friend.

 

[Skyward]

I'm my own hobby!

 

[blargsauce]

When I start a hobby (or anything that interests me), it becomes my life. As a child, when I learned how to do flips on gym rings, I loved it so much that I just kept doing it over and over again, and eventually tired myself out, fell, and broke my arm. In high school, I became obsessed with drumming, so I would practice 6 hours a day after school. Now I've become consumed with improvised theater/comedy, so I spend most of my free time practicing, performing, or watching shows. I have many other interests that I explore from time to time (singing, drawing, sculpting, programming, weightlifting, composing, playing guitar, writing, and on and on...), but those become secondary once I find a hobby that I've become obsessed with. I know it's weird and seemingly addictive behavior, but it's how I get my release. I get really stressed out if I can't throw myself into something creative that I can just focus on for several hours without worrying about anything else. If I only spend 15 minutes a day doing something (or spend time doing many different things), I don't ever get that feeling of accomplishment. Drawing from other posts, I don't think my behavior is definitive of INFJs. But for me, my creative hobbies become my "cause." Hobbies are a very serious thing!

 

[amelie]

I tend to do things in bursts, becoming obsessive over whatever I'm interested in at the moment, like others have said. I do have a couple of enduring hobbies, both of which have to do with people/relationships - photography (usually of my kids, always of people), and books.

 

[MonkeyGrass]

Hobbies tend to be my lifeline...they keep me from dwelling too much in the land of abstract thought and emotion, especially during postpartum phases (I'm a mom of 3). Somehow, working with my hands tends to ground me and bring me back into my own body. I'm creative on a need basis. When my thoughts start getting too bleak, I make myself do something, anything else for a while but think about serious things.

I recycle junk, sew, make cards, paint things, keep an herb garden, cook exotic food, re-purpose things, write, sing, exercise...these things keep me on planet earth, and out of the heads of others.

 

[ReadingRainbows]

I'm my own hobby!

Yeah! Thats what I was thinking!

 

[Virginia69]

My hobby is not similar to yours. However, I like to collect different type of Japanese Kabuki masks. They come from the ancient Japanese mythology. It was weared by the Japanese warriors to frighten their enemies.