Isn't that a wonderful situation: you are ISJ and you main function is totally ethereal.
Correction. ^^
He could be S and have a main function of T or F.
So, can it be assumed that Si is the function that we find recharges us? After something that's drains us of energy, what do we look to do?
I'd have to say that I want to do something that I
know to be revitalizing. I want it to be something that I
know to be enjoyable and not draining. If I need to take a break from something, I look for something I'm used to, and I know will be comfortable.
Take for instance, right now. I'm sitting in the student lounge reading Gifts Differing. I love the book, and I want to finish it, but I have to take breaks every little bit. Just now, I looked over and saw a table with a bunch soda bottles and a cooler. Instantly I thought of when I was in Wal-Mart earlier and saw people buying Thanksgiving food. That thought lasted a half second. Then, I thought about Thanksgiving coming up, and the meal I'll have with my family.
My next thoughts were, "It'll be really relaxing to have a Thanksgiving meal. It's familiar." In all that's been going on in my life, I'm looking forward to it because it's something that I can expect to be comfortable. That's if my family doesn't find something to argue over.
That's just what I mean and I think what Jennifer meant. It governs things familiar. It's why new situations are difficult for us.
Take for instance, if I were planning to go out after work. Let's say I were going out with someone I just met a few days ago. We're going to a restaurant I haven't been to before. That's a lot of newness. That's not something I'd think of as rejuvenating, although it's an experience that I willingly wanted to partake in. I'd be thinking about the amount of processing of the events that night I'd be doing
afterward.