I spent all my life wondering why I felt different. I have even within the last 5 years have found myself repeatedly questioning why I was so abnormal for not liking the same activities as my friends and never seemed to truly connect with anyone / feel understood. It was a question I asked myself in private and in therapy. Only during law school did I discover the Myers Briggs Personalities. Finding I was an INTJ was such an amazing feeling - FINALLY everything makes sense. I no longer had to feel like I was crazy.
I was searching the internet for more information about INTJ females because I have, in the last few years of my newfound career as an attorney in corporate America, realized that there indeed is a difference in experiencing life as an INTJ female rather than INTJ male. Not necessarily a wide gulf of differences but enough to warrant my commenting (I am never one to jump into online conversations) here because I am so glad I came upon your blog post.
I have been, as of late, considering the very issue you've laid out here. I see so much inefficiency, incompetence, and very little desire to make an effort and take pride in the work one does. I've reached a point in my career where I recognize that to climb up further on the corporate ladder, I will have even less chance to keep my nose down and do some actual work because those who get promoted are those who are good at spending all their time in meeting with the client (I work in-house at a retail company so not as many hours but definitely not as well paid). I've been wondering whether it's time to change my life a bit because I clearly find this environment frustrating. But do I find it frustrating enough to just grit my teeth and do something to change things around at a company? Because if not, then I should sit down and just stop complaining about all the things I find infuriating about the way things work at corporations. Do I have it in me to try? Your article has been so thoughtfully written and I truly thank you because I think I've found the answer to my internal struggle.
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I spent all my life wondering why I felt different. I have even within the last 5 years have found myself repeatedly questioning why I was so abnormal for not liking the same activities as my friends and never seemed to truly connect with anyone / feel understood. It was a question I asked myself in private and in therapy. Only during law school did I discover the Myers Briggs Personalities. Finding I was an INTJ was such an amazing feeling - FINALLY everything makes sense. I no longer had to feel like I was crazy.
I was searching the internet for more information about INTJ females because I have, in the last few years of my newfound career as an attorney in corporate America, realized that there indeed is a difference in experiencing life as an INTJ female rather than INTJ male. Not necessarily a wide gulf of differences but enough to warrant my commenting (I am never one to jump into online conversations) here because I am so glad I came upon your blog post.
I have been, as of late, considering the very issue you've laid out here. I see so much inefficiency, incompetence, and very little desire to make an effort and take pride in the work one does. I've reached a point in my career where I recognize that to climb up further on the corporate ladder, I will have even less chance to keep my nose down and do some actual work because those who get promoted are those who are good at spending all their time in meeting with the client (I work in-house at a retail company so not as many hours but definitely not as well paid). I've been wondering whether it's time to change my life a bit because I clearly find this environment frustrating. But do I find it frustrating enough to just grit my teeth and do something to change things around at a company? Because if not, then I should sit down and just stop complaining about all the things I find infuriating about the way things work at corporations. Do I have it in me to try? Your article has been so thoughtfully written and I truly thank you because I think I've found the answer to my internal struggle.