Dealing With My Love Affair With Personality Tests!

And the best way I’ve found to learn about yourself

I love personality tests. 😁

I never get tired of taking them. You’d think I’d found a winning lottery number every time I saw an invitation for a personality test. The anticipation builds as I answer each question, the excitement pulses through my veins at the thought of the big reveal.

What will I be? A number 9 on the Enneagram? An Advocate on the 16 personalities? INFJ on the Myers-Briggs? Or melancholic/phlegmatic on the …what was the name of that one? 🤔

Unfortunately, irrespective of the specific branding of the quiz, I always ended up slightly let down no matter what the final reveal turned out to be.

What was I expecting? 🤷🏽‍♀️

I ask myself this question every time. Sure, now I understand why I feel at peace at the end of the day when I’m by myself. Or why I am more idealistic than practical when it comes to work and fulfillment. But beyond knowing why I do things the way I do and understanding my deep-seated idiosyncrasies, why am I so enamored by these tests?

Years ago, my mom came home with a book titled Finding your Purpose, and I almost lost my mind! 🤯

You mean there was a book like this out there and I didn’t know it? I’m reading this today! I told myself.

I grabbed the book and began to devour it. I was probably 15 or 16 years old at the time and desperately trying to find myself. I always wondered about the vastness of the world and my place in it. Why was I here? What was I about? How could I fill this big hole inside of me? Well, I had finally found the book that would answer all my burning questions.

Halfway through the book, I was restless and kind of upset. Well, when was he going to tell me what my purpose was? Why was it…

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