Originally Posted by
anndelise
I haven't struck a balance. When I'm taking care of home, nutrition, family, etc, i'm bored and want to turn my mind to something more interesting, something I can sink my mind into. But when I'm pursuing a hobby, researching something, trying out something new, I go all out into it. But my house, family, nutrition, etc keep interferring, demanding my attention. Kind of like a coin...only one side can be up at any moment.
It would be significantly easier if I was an S type, I think. Or an EJ. Basically a type where my passion IS my physical surroundings, health, etc. My ESE neighbor is very much into keeping her home clean, feeding her family right, and spends all her "free" time crafting for sales. My LSE neighbor loves to decorate her home, remodel, and refurbish things. They both roll their eyes at me when I jump into a new idea, do things completely different from "tradition" (like my gardening efforts), and show them the book pile I'm reading. They won't discuss anything not-physical with me, so I have no one to bounce ideas off of. And when I do share something related to garden/health/home, and I try talking about the underlying principles involved in whatever, they roll their eyes again and accuse me of overanalyzing.
As for working at shitty jobs...I'm not an example to follow. I often bounced from job to job, quickly getting bored before quiting and searching for something new. Unfortunately, this isn't good for the resume and eventually took its toll. This might have gone better if I had been boy-crazy instead of getting bored too easily. Also maybe if i had only 1-2 passions, rather than "taste-testing" everything I could.