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Have you ever taken a personality test like the Myers-Briggs or Enneagram? If so, did you agree with the results? And what was your type?
On personality tests I tend to vary a lot. The MBTI indicator has the following range: I am always I (although I vary from strong to weak I), sometimes N, generally T, and half and half J/P. The last time I tried it was INTJ, but I've gotten completely different results at different times, except for the I; I'm always an I (which means, remember, that I regain energy by being alone, not that I'm terrible at interacting with other people). The T seems to vary less these days too. I used to keep whatever the most recent type was in my interest list on LJ, but I think I stopped doing that.
Generally I agree with whatever result I get at the time that I get it. I'm okay with INTJ right now. This is an INTJ kind of time.
The enneagram is even less reliable. I don't think I've gotten the same result any time - I just did it again and got 1 (reformer). Last time I got 9 (peacemaker) and the time before that I had 2 (helper). Unlike the MBTI, though, I've never actually been administered this by a person, so maybe I'm missing out there.
In general, I think personality tests are fun to play with, but I wouldn't take them too seriously. They're trying to measure something fairly complex with a very limited toolset and a very limited potential set of results. Furthermore, they must deal with the GIGO problem (garbage in, garbage out) - you're filling the thing out yourself, and what you perceive about yourself is not always accurate. (This is why it can help to have someone give you the test, since they can root around a bit and make sure you're not flubbing it.) A more interesting question to me is: based on what you think about yourself, are you okay with how you are? If not, what do you plan to do about it?
What's the story behind your username?
I could write an answer to this one (and have before, several times), but I'm actually curious. What do you guys think the story behind my username is?