totent
Member
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2013
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- MBTI Type
- ENTP
- Enneagram
- 5w6
I'm currently about to graduate from college and, as many of you would know, I have had to think about whether or not I know what my next step should be. Before coming to university, I was great at almost everything I did (at least I felt that way). I did well at school, I had a strong social life (superficial at most, which I realized later), and most importantly, I thought I had 'purpose'. My INTP friend (who got me into mbti actually), helped me realize a lot of things during that period of my life. I was a math geek at one point who really wanted to become an actuary. After doing advanced math I realized I didn't like it as much as I thought. Then, I fell in love with economics, and I came to college thinking I'd major in economics, but then again, economics bottomed out and I went into philosophy and political science. When I look back at the past few years, I do not 'regret' my decisions but I am not sure I was being honest about why I was making them when I did. I read a post here a few years ago that said something like, ENTPs are the jacks of all trades but the masters of none. When I look back, I think I took too long to accept this. To accept that I am not the "best" at everything. University completely transformed me, and not necessarily in the way that they say it is supposed to. I became an average student, I lost touch with most people I ever cared about and I began justifying my fall even more as it progressed.
My question for you guys, NTPs and ENTPs in particular, is have you ever experienced something similar? What's it like coming to terms with being good at everything but great at nothing? I am an ENTP and I feel we all know that ENTPs love themselves, and I am no different. But do you think that our self-love can be self-harming?
My question for you guys, NTPs and ENTPs in particular, is have you ever experienced something similar? What's it like coming to terms with being good at everything but great at nothing? I am an ENTP and I feel we all know that ENTPs love themselves, and I am no different. But do you think that our self-love can be self-harming?