Little Linguist
Striving for balance
- Joined
- Jun 23, 2008
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- MBTI Type
- xNFP
- Instinctual Variant
- sx/so
I see a common trend here of ENFP's having to "Grow up fast" or having a "difficult childhood". I wonder what that is about? There is like 4-5 of you up there either stating that or relating to that.....
Plus - isn't that pretty much the norm anyway? It wouldn't really be signifigant if it is....
All I ever hear is about how bad someone had it as a kid - you rarely hear anyone say "I had an AWESOME childhood!"
It has nothing to do with 'norms'; it has to do with the facts as I perceive them.
However, I wouldn't say it is negative: The fact that I 'had to grow up fast' is actually a really great thing. I took school seriously when everyone else blew it off; I knew what I wanted and what it would take to get there. I was driven and ambitious.
That's a hell of a lot better than these other guys and gals who have no idea what they want, where they are going, or what their purposes are because they had everything given to them.
Now that I've sort of found my place, I can relax and have the fun I didn't have as a kid. But that's all good because I don't have to be super-serious anymore. And I can enjoy it now because I invested the energy when I had it and took advantage of opportunities that were there.