Through the Seasons

Just Found This

Okay, I just posted about having a lack of motivation (see my last post titled ‘What is wrong with me?’).  Because I like to research, I looked online for ‘how to motivate an ISTJ’.  (ISTJ is my personality type.)  Here’s what I found:

“Nearly all the time, ISTJs seem to have something to do, an agenda.”

Right now, no agenda.  It’s true.  I mean overall there’s an agenda but not on a daily basis.  I’m sort of on ‘cruise control’.  That’s not a place I like to be.  I need little goals to go along with my big goal.  I feel lost…

“ISTJs are often in a hurry. Not because they are late – on the contrary: they seem always to be on time. They are in a hurry because they try to do more in less time.”

I really have no daily tasks to try to do in less time.  An ideal situation would be to have daily tasks that contribute to small goals which, in turn, contribute to one big goal – and to be in a hurry trying to do more of these tasks in less time.  Ah, the sense of accomplishment that comes from that…  I get all warm and fuzzy just thinking about it!

“The ISTJs are results-oriented, goal-oriented.”

Results!  Yes!  That’s what I’m looking for!  Maybe I like to look back at the day and see what I’ve accomplished.

“The danger for ISTJs, obviously, is that they might miss the whole point of life while brilliantly measuring it in umpteen different ways.”

Is that true?  Yikes.

But it’s all good.  I don’t HAVE to do things every day.  I don’t HAVE to have results.  I can live with a little blah feeling.  It’s false anyway.  I mean, in reality, everything’s going great.  I think I’ll rest on that.

Although don’t get me wrong, when a goal, an agenda, some tasks, a need to be in a hurry, and a way to get results comes along I’ll grab it with all the force I can muster!  As boring as it may sound, it’s what makes me feel alive!