Nothing, it only causes problems with the IRS!I want to be SLI!
Nothing, it only causes problems with the IRS!I want to be SLI!
“I have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that.” --- Pippi Longstocking
Being IEE has its ups and downs. The good things are also a challenge at times. Its great to be open to all sorts of people, but it takes a long time to learn to listen to yourself and what you want. Its great to be flexible and to be able to do all sorts of different things but its a pain to make up your mind to stick to one thing and focus for long periods. Having a good imagination can make even the dullest situations more bearable but sometimes it can run away with you and cause you to miss whats right in front of you. Its nice to be aultristic, willing to help out your fellow human but it would also be nice to be able to earn some real cash and look out for my own interest. Its interesting to be able to see into other peoples words and actions and understand them and be able to even predict their behavior (often, but not always) but its also disappointing when people behave so predictably that it feels like they are two dimensional or worse, inauthentic. Its wonderful to have lofty ideals and noble aspirations. Its painful when you see where you have failed or worse not know where you went wrong but know you missed the mark.
Im a bit tired and down today so if this sounds a little jacked up, sorry bout that.
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The artifact which is the source of my power will not be kept on the Mountain of Despair beyond the River of Fire guarded by the Dragons of Eternity. It will be in my safe-deposit box. The same applies to the object which is my one weakness.
Couldn't have said it better myself! Great description.
All in all, I love being ENFp...thought the careers we are drawn to don't always earn a lot of money, e.g., journalist, writer, actor, broadcast journalist, artist, psychologist -- arg!! But, we do have the most fun of ALL of the types and everyone likes us, even if we don't like them. and we get a lot of dates. But we also over-think things and cry more than the other types, except for INFps. Still, life is fun for us and we have lots of adventure that will make for best-selling memoirs someday, (or at least we think they will).
Hi! I'm an ENFP. :-)
What i like about being IEE is the fact i can pack my bags at any moment, drop everything i have and set sail to anywhere I want to without feeling of regret (well at least until I don't have a family). My life is one big adventure, others look at me and say "hey you sure have an interesting life, i wish i had your options". I'm also never single, the longest time i was alone was probably something like 4 months and even during that time i basicly tried to win over a certain girl. I have friends which know they can call me any time of the day/week and say "hey, lets go take a few beers" and they know ill say "sure" unless I'm unavailable for whatever reason. No matter how crappy my life was at certain stages of my life I always thought that it will get better (and it sure did).
Probably the biggest drawback is work, although I work in IT field and this gives me lots of options in terms of money and travels I still sometimes feel like i'm not doing what i should. Guess i found a compromise which fits me perfectly at the moment, working as IT consultant i get lots of travels, chance to work with people and enough money for me to not be able to spend it all and still have enough for going on vacation to wherever the hell i want. Still cant resist the urge to drop it all in favour of doing something else/somewhere else.
The biggest thing I like being myself is that surge of adventure which takes me over from time to time. I love those moments and they usually lead to unusual places/events/people/whatever and I drag people around me along.
I know I might be reading this thread too literally - but I'm confused by the question.
What do you mean by 'What do you like about being an IEE?' Isn't that the same as 'What do you like about you?' Or, if not (and taking yourself out of the picture) the question becomes 'What do you like about the type traits associated with IEE which you believe you may possess?'
After all, being an IEE is not something separate from being you. It is you. IEE is the categorisation of the aggregation of your personality traits, traced to their functional roots. The 'IEE' does not facilitate anything. It's not that you are IEE that are you able to travel or have fun or date a lot or commiserate with people. It is that you are YOU that you can do so. I mean, an ugly IEE probably wouldn't date a lot. Nor would an anti-social IEE. A male IEE or an IEE with a certain type of upbringing might not cry a lot. An IEE with a family probably isn't going to pick up their bags and travel a lot - and the desire to travel isn't GIVEN to you by being an IEE - it's yours.
I think this thread is great in that it gets people to talk about what they like about themselves and we get to see what trait we associate as being due to our functional preferences, but otherwise, it creates a massive schism between type and person that seems sort of unsustainable. And might lead to confusion about what it means to be an IEE.
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Last edited by Simon Ssmall; 08-25-2008 at 09:36 AM.