There are days when I feel all too much and not nearly enough at the same time. Lately, those days have been more and more frequent. This phenomenon makes it nearly impossible to find motivation to do anything past my daily responsibilities. Tasks that I once deemed enjoyable are now hindrances and will no doubt cost me precious energy that I already don’t have enough of to deal with said daily responsibilities. It’s annoying. I’ve recently discovered that the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator has an explanation for this: the INFJ personality type.
From what research I’ve done, I’ve found that this stands for “Introversion Intuition, Feeling, Judging”. I don’t know whether or not this is exactly my type, as I haven’t actually taken any of the quizzes… (see comment above regarding tasks that I once deemed enjoyable). However, everything that I’ve seen relating to this personality type describes me rather well. At least now I have an outlet with which to understand what is going on when I start to feel this way, right? Descriptions of INFJs that I’ve come across have stated that reading is one of the best activities to take part in when these emotions (or lack thereof) arise.
Reading is one of my greatest passions. I read when I’m tired, when I’m happy or sad, when I’m busy, and when I have nothing to do. Currently, I have a handful of books that I’ve bought with the knowledge that I’ll get swept up in the story and moved by the words. I love reading. I also haven’t read a book in months… It’s starting to feel like a chore, and I hate it. Whatever this funk is that I’m in needs to get gone real quick. That being said, I’d love to hear what you or anyone you know does in situations like these in order to calm down or quiet the mind’s constant stream of “what ifs?”.
I have plenty of ways in which to do just that, but for some reason they are apparently not working long-term. Perhaps I just need to make time every day to enjoy a bath, or cup of tea, or dive into a new book. There are worse things to spend time doing after all. 🙂
As always, thank you for reading into my thoughts.
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