But the fact of not belonging anywhere makes you belong in the group of people who belong nowhere.
Outsiders form a group of people that are insiders when they're together.
You know, it's a bit like the antisocials getting together in the name of anarchy and adopting their own dress code, etc. In the end, you always belong somewhere.
...It's a very common adolescent thing, isn't it?
Sociological recursion -- oh, I'm getting dizzy...
But the fact of not belonging anywhere makes you belong in the group of people who belong nowhere.
Outsiders form a group of people that are insiders when they're together.
You know, it's a bit like the antisocials getting together in the name of anarchy and adopting their own dress code, etc. In the end, you always belong somewhere.
It's a very common adolescent thing, isn't it?
Yup, that is what I think, now that I am watching everyone else go through this process. Many of the young 'uns at INTPc are in that stage; but once they get into their mid-20's and later, I think the feeling will diminish for most of them.
Only with my husband. I belong wherever he is.
Apparently, I belong in a cubicle creating object-oriented computer software architecture to solve intricate engineering analysis problems. As it turns out, to this end I have met up with a surprising number of my own kind.
My team:
INTJs - 4! (including myself and the intern)
??TJ (posibly IxTJ boss)
IxTP
I must have done something right when I chose my career. However, it is interesting that I tend not to easily "belong" to any group outside of my career and private intellectual endeavors. Finding people outside of work with whom I can easily relate has been a constant struggle, and lately (do to much encouragement at work) my intellectualism has just served to increase the gap. I am presently trying to figure out if that is something that I should worry about (ie not being able to relate as easily with the world outside of engineering).
I feel like I don't completely belong anywhere I've been, yet I feel that I have something in common with most people as well.
I am presently trying to figure out if that is something that I should worry about (ie not being able to relate as easily with the world outside of engineering).
I have felt it fleetingly at times, but it usually doesn't last, nor does it go as deep as I would like it to.
I think some of this is just something for me to get used to about myself. Some of us were not made to put down roots in a way that provides so much security. Take what intimacy and acceptance I can get, and not fret about it...
Was basically going to say something like the first two sentences here. Sometimes I fool myself into believing I've fit into some group or place, but then I find some sort of "proof" showing that I am not actually a part of it.