Thursday, April 8, 2010

Jung Typology Test

So I have been in an introspective mood lately. Being locked up in the house during a cold winter will do that to a person I have learned. Job hunting can also do that.

A friend of mine sent me a link to this quiz. It it supposed to tell me my ideal career.

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

Apparently I am an INFJ - An Idealist - Counselor

A description from the following site http://keirsey.com/handler.aspx?s=keirsey&f=fourtemps&tab=3&c=counselor says.....

Counselors have an exceptionally strong desire to contribute to the welfare of others, and find great personal fulfillment interacting with people, nurturing their personal development, guiding them to realize their human potential. Although they are happy working at jobs (such as writing) that require solitude and close attention, Counselors do quite well with individuals or groups of people, provided that the personal interactions are not superficial, and that they find some quiet, private time every now and then to recharge their batteries. Counselors are both kind and positive in their handling of others; they are great listeners and seem naturally interested in helping people with their personal problems. Not usually visible leaders, Counselors prefer to work intensely with those close to them, especially on a one-to-one basis, quietly exerting their influence behind the scenes.

Counselors are scarce, little more than one percent of the population, and can be hard to get to know, since they tend not to share their innermost thoughts or their powerful emotional reactions except with their loved ones. They are highly private people, with an unusually rich, complicated inner life. Friends or colleagues who have known them for years may find sides emerging which come as a surprise. Not that Counselors are flighty or scattered; they value their integrity a great deal, but they have mysterious, intricately woven personalities which sometimes puzzle even them.
Counselors tend to work effectively in organizations. They value staff harmony and make every effort to help an organization run smoothly and pleasantly. They understand and use human systems creatively, and are good at consulting and cooperating with others. As employees or employers, Counselors are concerned with people's feelings and are able to act as a barometer of the feelings within the organization.


Blessed with vivid imaginations, Counselors are often seen as the most poetical of all the types, and in fact they use a lot of poetic imagery in their everyday language. Their great talent for language-both written and spoken-is usually directed toward communicating with people in a personalized way. Counselors are highly intuitive and can recognize another's emotions or intentions - good or evil - even before that person is aware of them. Counselors themselves can seldom tell how they came to read others' feelings so keenly. This extreme sensitivity to others could very well be the basis of the Counselor's remarkable ability to experience a whole array of psychic phenomena.


Ideal fields for my personality are Social Work, Education, Librarian, Law, Psychology/Counseling, Design or Science....

The Counselor (INFJ) can be found in the field of education as a professor , teacher, counselor, or educational consultant. Sometimes they feel a strong calling toward the religious life as clergy, nun, or director of religious education. Social service jobs, such as social worker, social scientist, or mediator can fit their needs. Some Counselors work in human services, marketing, or as a job analyst. Others are drawn to the arts as a novelist, designer, or artist.

Interesting...all fields I have had an interest in or already worked in...... I kinda dig the Nun part...now that's a new one for me :)

Is it me? Perhaps....I guess we are never really the best judges of these things....

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Spring is here......


I have returned from hibernation.....





Spring
by Bill Vartnaw


Spring & for all the craziness
& death, I find I’m still in love
with, among others, myself


O, adventurers would find
me boring as they venture up their mountain
I’m nowhere near their trail, still
spring courses through me
like a fifth cup of coffee
in an hour


I walk monoxide sidewalks,
searching for something in the windows to redeem
my idle habits—mere objects
have never held me for long, unless
they have meaning to engage my wit,
otherwise they’re just someone else’s elevators
going up to a price tag
I’m not willing to pay. The traffic
(& yours truly)
always has had a mind of its own that honks
when it thinks it’s right


Do I ignore responsibility? We can think we do
Everything that is done to/by/for us…
Well, we can choose the moon. It enters
our lives on such a regular basis
we nearly take it
for “granite”?
Then, one night
much like any other, except it’s this night
under this deepening blue sky
with all its bright twinkling thisses
The… moon
appears—
big & pale
crescent yellow,
just above the hill—
reflecting off electric skyscraper windows…
Everything I feel tells me:
Honk! what is distance
when Spring is coursing through


©2008, Bill Vartnaw

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Times flies....

Not a post since summer.....what has had me so busy.....we bought a house....need I say more?
Hopefully things have settled enough and I will return to posting....


Monday, June 8, 2009

Three Year Anniversary


“A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we’re pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we’re safe in our own paradise. Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we’re two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we’ve found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.”

Richard Bach

I love you Tu

Friday, May 22, 2009

Iowa summer bring it on!


Before living here I had never appreciated the green before so much in my life.
It is as if every year the slate is wiped clean and a new world of possibility blooms....


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Thursday, May 21, 2009

The search for inspiration

I have been on the hunt lately for hobbies.....quilting is one....then knitting....yoga...and of course I plan to get involved in theater again eventually......but not sure what I want to do in that at the moment...

I am now working a job from home that allows me a flexible schedule so I have time to become more involved in something....just not sure what. I have strong craving lately to get back to my roots. Maybe it's moving to Iowa where there is so much history surrounding me...glorious old buildings from the 1800s, lovely old homes, and just more of an interest in history in general. There are people here who's families have been here since the state was new...I met a woman who has lived in a home her family built in the 1800's. There is something very solid here in that. Miami always seems to be a city in transition. People come and go, buildings go up, down and back up. The Miami of my childhood is long gone. Heck the Miami of 5 years ago is long gone. Things move in lightening speed there...

Growing up in Miami history pretty much dated back to the 1920s ...everyone in Miami these days seem to be from someplace else...if not themselves than maybe a generation or two away. My own love Danny is a first generation Cuban-American. He says moving here to Iowa has gotten be back to my "white people" roots. He said in Miami I was different and here I look like everyone else. lol I must say it did take some getting used too. I have never been around this many pale skinned natural blonds or blue eyes in my life. I had a professor in college who always told me I never seemed like I belonged in Miami.



So just what are my roots? Well on my fathers side we have been here since the Mayflower, no kidding, the actual Mayflower. My grandmother is actually a member of the Mayflower Society and Daughters of the American Revolution. (DAR). On my mothers side... her grandmother was from Germany, her father also goes way back... at least to the Revolution maybe further... so DAR on both sides.

I am a double DAR baby :)

Years ago I played a character in a Tennessee William's play who had a line how she had just come back from a DAR meeting.... I always thought to myself....one day maybe I will actually join.

The day has come... I am finally living someplace where there are three chapters in my back yard...my grandmother sent me all the genealogy information.

So I think finally I will give it a whirl... back to my roots....back home....where I belong...

Either that or I have finally officially become a Williams heroine....

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

A return



"But I need a place where I can shout and weep. I have to be a Spanish savage at some time of the day. I record here the hysteria life causes in me. The overflow of an undisciplined extravagance. To hell with taste and art, with all contractions and polishings. Here I shout, I dance, I weep, I gnash my teeth, I go mad -- all by myself, in bad English, in chaos. It will keep me sane for the world and for art."
Anais Nin