Tag: personality
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Hidden Benefits
Do you ever think about the hidden benefits that your personality type brings to the world? It’s okay if not; I know I think about a lot of things that the rest of humanity seems to find either inconsequential or just straight-up weird. But I think about it. Before I explain what I mean, a…
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An Unwillingness to Surrender
I am an incredibly lazy, slow-moving person (more on this another time, but please don’t argue, I promise it’s true.) And yet, paradoxically, I possess an innate unwillingness to give up on certain things. What’s interesting about that sentence is the word “certain.” I do easily give up on some things. It’s not uncommon for…
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Losing the Meaning
Did you know that if you surgically separate your amygdala from the rest of your brain (your amygdala is where your emotions come from) your experiences stop holding any meaning? Like if you separated my amygdala from my brain, I could walk up to you and have a conversation about death and tell you you’re…
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A House of Nines
In case you are not familiar with the Enneagram, here is your introduction. The Enneagram is a personality test that breaks people up into nine categories, labeled One through Nine, based on their instinctive response to both their nature and nurture as a small child. It is complicated, has many side categories and terms, and…
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Nemesi
Before we begin, I know that the plural of “nemesis” is “nemeses.” But, first of all, “nemesi” sounds much more evil. Second, “nemeses” sounds like something you say to a toddler when you’re confiscating the permanent markers they’re using to draw on the wall: “Nemeses that, thank you!” Third, and most importantly, this is my…
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Night Showers
Do you ever wake up one day and suddenly realize you’re a different person than you used to be? That sounds dramatic, yes. It doesn’t have to be dramatic. No soap opera-style shocked faces required. It’s often very small things that lead to this realization. For instance, every single night this week I’ve come home…