enneagram

I generally don't put a lot of stock in personality typing, though they're often a lot of fun (and, if nothing else, can lead to great conversation). I find that my results vary greatly from day to day on most tests, depending on my mood, my alertness (ie, have I had my coffee yet?), financial and other concerns, etc. Maybe that's the case for everyone. When I'm being completely honest with myself, I tend to answer most of the "always-almost always-sometimes-almost never-never" continuum questions in the dead center, because some days I DO want adventure and thrills and some days I want to curl up and not speak to anyone; some nights I'm the life of the party and others I hide in a corner; sometimes I like neat, orderly spaces and sometimes I don't care if I can't see my bedroom floor. It just depends.

Today, I'm feeling pretty average. I'm excited to go to Lansing, but I didn't get enough sleep (which generally puts me in a downer mood) so I thought my results would come out more or less where they should balance out. I found an enneagram tool through Profligacy's post comments on Britni's blog and thought--well, I've got pirated internet. Why not?

This is pretty much the best way I've seen my personality summed up. I've done all the Myers-Briggs tests (straight down the middle; I can go from INTP to ENFJ in a snap) and while they're accurate, I found that these results just.... summed it up. In terms of a short intro to my personality, this is pretty much it.

Main Type	Overall Self

To give some idea of what I'm talking about when I say "down the center," check out the distribution for my answers:

Enneagram Test Results Type 1 Perfectionism |||||||||||| 50% Type 2 Helpfulness |||||||||||| 50% Type 3 Image Focus |||||||||||| 46% Type 4 Hypersensitivity |||||||||||| 46% Type 5 Detachment |||||||||||| 46% Type 6 Anxiety |||||||||||| 46% Type 7 Adventurousness |||||||||| 38% Type 8 Aggressiveness |||||||||||| 42% Type 9 Calmness |||||||||||||| 54% Your main type is 9 Your variant is social

It's funny (at least to me) that the conflict-resolving/avoiding, peacemaker, taking-in-all-views traits also pretty well lines up with Libran traits. I don't read a lot into astrology either, but it's fun.

If I can keep this *wink wink* new Internet connection going, expect to see more from me. I miss writing.