I'm Lucie. I am a little bit of everything, and I am a lot of nothing. I am in-between and I am just focused on being alive, truly alive. I'm on a never-ending journey of discovery. I am terrible with words. I have no hobbies except for the fact that I am interested in absolutely everything. I've wanted to be many things. I want to be a fashion designer and I want to be a chef. I like interior design and I like photography. I like quotes because they can describe how I feel. When I was little, i wanted to be a dancer or a gymnast. The only thing I like more than art is Superman. The only things I am good at are giving hugs and having an array of facial expressions at my disposal. I don't understand much. Everything in the world is too mysterious beyond my understanding. Life and all of its components are much too hypnotizing, but it's all so, so beautiful. I want to be able to hold the whole world in my hands while I twirl in a little pink dress and laugh like I'm seeing the world for the first time.

To express, not impress. To be interested in the world, not interesting to others. To rediscover an old hobby. To find purpose. To waste time and enjoy time. To sing at the top of your lungs. To live outside your comfort zone. To stop feeling anxious. To be vulnerable. To give many chances, to yourself, to others, to life. To never succumb to images. To never assume. To live in simplicity. To ponder. To cherish. To absorb yourself in what is strange instead of common. To be silly. To know, and to be naive. To never be governed by others. To remember. To see the world from someone else's perspective. To love, and, if you're lucky, possibly be loved in return. To be selfless. To seek change in yourself, not others. To never thrive for perfection, but self-actualization. To sleep more, sleep less. To move faster, to slow down. To expand. To feel. To live. To be free.

"What do you think about INFJ's? (:" - Anonymous

INFJs have wonderful insight!! INFJs are enigmatic (I don’t know if I appear to be, I think I appear to be quite simple but who knows) because whenever they speak about something close to their heart, they’re leaving something out, not to purposefully prevent you from cluing in, but there’s just much more going on deeper within than what appears on the surface through their words, actions, and facial expressions. I love being friends with INFJs. Personally, I find it hard being an INFJ. There’s too much going on at once in my brain. I feel as if there are gears in my subconscious and unconscious that are constantly moving, and I cannot ever truly clear my head because my mind is working at its own pace without my conscious awareness. I find that I am bombarded with flashes of insight constantly, and I don’t know what they mean, and I try and figure it out, but then I’m back at square one again. I always want to be able to protect others with the lightbulb moments of intuition I have, but I have no idea how to truly achieve it. It’s like top-down processing but we can’t go to the bottom of it, and it makes me sad because all I want to be able to do is help people.

Being an ENFJ helps balance out my world of bouncy consciousness and insight and feelings and all of that other reality in my head. I couldn’t stand being an INFJ all the time because it was as if I was stuck in my own head a lot of the time and I was really trying to draw myself out because I wanted to be in the real world as well. I can see why INFJs are so drawn to ENFPs. It makes all that insight they have in that head feel much more at ease, and thus, the INFJ just feels more whole.

"Okay, I have this whole psychological situation which kind of steps outside of MBTI for a minute. Do you think you could give me an opinion on it?" - dovesstatuesandcarousels

Yes of course! Lay it on me!!! :)

"MBTI is a tool to me and I want to use it to it's fullest potential. I am aware that it may come off as though I am just categorizing people but really I'm not, I think of everyone as an individual with their own special flaws and strengths." - donna-ryta

:)

"So what do you think of people who are obviously extroverted (like an ESFP) say they're introverted?" - Anonymous

The extroversion/introversion aspect is actually one that clashes the most as far as how others and how oneself perceives their energy. There is one thing that most people mistake extroversion for. Extroverts are not people-people. Feelers are people-people. So your friend could be a calm extrovert but definitely needs his/her recovery time from socializing but might not display his/her need for this.

I’m an ambivert so I understand this viewpoint. I’m enthusiastic and I have a lot of energy like an extrovert, but I also need my introverted time to read, recollect, introspect, generate ideas, etc. Any of my previous and current housemates can tell you this. I live on both ends of extroversion and introversion, so both energies are canceled out when I balance them both in my life!

Your friend could be a little insecure? I’m not really sure. Does your friend hang around a lot of extroverted people and so her level of energy might not seem as if it’s on the same level? All I can say is sometimes others know us better than we know ourselves, and sometimes people just need time to realize their true aspects and love themselves for every aspect they are, whether or not they measure up to others’ or their own standards :)

"...we simply adjust our answers to the “new right” once we have (albeit rapidly) tested the new concept. This comes off as closed-mindedness, but I assure you we are very open to change and challenging ideas! We analyze EVERYTHING that comes our way, and disregard what we have tested and found to be false or simply not good enough. We don’t find ourselves to be wrong a lot of the time (just because of high intellect, strong intuition, etc.), but when we do we are the first to admit it..." - justghosts

I COMPLETELY AGREE! I’m sorry I didn’t emphasize on this fully, it is our Ni function so we quickly understand our intuition. I do believe that you understand it much faster because you are able to organize and file your thoughts much faster and test what’s true and what’s not like you said. I’m not bashing on your judgment on all, but I think INTJs are set on the right answer, when there could be multiple answers open for multiple interpretation, so it’s much more divergent and convergent on the same time rather than just concluding on one answer. I see that INTJs place a lot of rational thought into an issue at once and move on and there’s just this extreme amount of closure. I’m also just a weird XNFJ because my J/P is incredibly balanced so I have believe in both closure and keeping it open-minded! Just because someone is quicker to understand it at a more efficient pace, doesn’t mean the others’ opinions aren’t as important as well. Sometimes they generate great ideas and interpretations, as well as answers, just from a different standpoint, but it’s equally as valuable :D

"3 part message coming your way...I just read your description/thoughts on INTJs, and as a very strong one myself, I thought I would shed some light on why we think we are right all the time. Honestly, I always think I'm right because it's efficient to do so. What is the purpose of thinking you’re wrong? If we are to trust our knowledge/intuition/decision making skills, we simply can't believe ourselves to be anything other than right. This is not to say we're never wrong, just when we are..." - justghosts



"It helps. I just really want to know all I can about MBTI because it's just soooo interesting." - donna-ryta

It’s fun to use them as a basis and it’s fun to apply it to the real world, but just don’t let it cloud your vision of people as unique individuals! MBTI types are just the beginning and it provides a lot of good explanations, but to learn about why a person is the way they are, why they feel more for certain situations and less for others, why they react or fail to react, cannot be explained by MBTI types. It barely scratches the surface. MBTI types can’t get to the core of a person or their deeper existential self. So make sure you aren’t categorizing people too much, because then you take away the magic of each person.

"Hi! I'm back. Took the personality test and discovered I am an ISFJ. I read the profile and it's an incredibly accurate description of me!" - heycoleyyy

yay!!! :) That just means you are a very developed ISFJ!

"I agree. You're welcome. Aww that's awesome. Thanks. Yeah, life for me is all about experiences. That sounds interesting." - Anonymous

:D !

"Hi Lucie! I've only take a couple of psychology classes, but it's a big interest of mine. I've been reading the questions you've been answering and I'm wondering, how can I find out which type of personality I am? Thanks! :)" - heycoleyyy

Search up carl jung typology test!!! :D It’s the first link on humanmetrics! And it will give you raw scores as well!

I ENCOURAGE ALL OF MY FOLLOWERS TO TAKE THIS (yes, even you non-mbti people). LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF. It will bring a lot of awareness into your life as well a lot of retrospection and skepticism and affirmation. It’s all wonderful. DON’T READ ANY OF THAT HOROSCOPE STUFF. THAT STUFF ISN’T REAL (no really, it isn’t, I can tell you my argument on this hahaha)

"hey, what do you think of ISTPs?" - Anonymous

MY BROTHER IS AN ISTP. I think ISTPs are undervalued because they’re not academically smart and they’re on the lower end of the social scale, but they are SO creative and innovative. I bought my brother one of those $100+ lego boxes once, and he finished it within hours and he then looked at me with this, “now what?” facial expression. He creates 3d origami. ISTPs are such engineers and I love it. They’re also pretty fearless, so they do a lot of cool activities that I could only dream of. They’re sensational just like the rest of SPs, yes? So ESXP’s love activities like partying, clubbing, activities that involve a lot of energy but also having the chance to include all their friends with them on the adventure. ISTPs have a different way of expending their energy. You will find that they like race car driving, bungee jumping, doing crazy tricks while diving off into a river/swimming pool, but it’s much more directly inwardly.

My only issue with ISTPs is that they are not philosophical and aren’t open to it and just completely disregard that reality. They’re very grounded in reality. I like that they are very loyal though :) even if they don’t show it on the outside. Once you’ve touched an ISTPs heart, they are incredibly dedicated to you. :D

"Oh okay then, I'm sorry. I sent you something else lol but it doesn't matter. :P Nah, it doesn't matter anymore. I have and multiple times but I just haven't grasped what made these types tick. I think I understand ESTPs but clueless about the others I listed. What are their purposes in life? How do they contribute to society? How do they function? These things confuse me." - donna-ryta

So your questions are still pretty vague as far as the others and I could answer them to the best of my ability but it would take up a lot of space. Do you have a specific personality you are curious about? You just have to keep in mind that someone’s purpose in life is not deterministic, rather it is open and always expanding, and I cannot provide that answer for you. I can speculate, but I would on an individual basis based on the person itself, not their personality type. Everyone has a purpose in this world, but it is up to the person to find it, feel it, know it, and become it. We may be blind to other people’s purposes because sometimes, it is only the person themselves that knows. Having said that, I can’t answer the first question for you.

Contribution to society is also very open for interpretation. I think those two questions that you asked might be generalizing and honing in too much on personalities and seeing people as a collection of categories instead of seeing them on an individualistic, idiosyncratic way, perhaps? I don’t mean to say this in an arrogant way and I hope it doesn’t come off as that!

As far as functioning, that is also very hard to say besides the cognitive processes, since you have told me that you have read into that already. How to find out how a person functions is very hard, because we are quick to jump to conclusions and believe what we think we see and find patterns in people that confirm what we think. It’s also hard to ask this question to others, because most are unaware of the purpose and intention behind their actions and thoughts. I think it’s almost virtually impossible to truly understand how people function, but we can be exposed to tidbits, but humans are much too complex! I figure out one thing, and then I’m left in the dark with 20 more questions!!

You didn’t ask this, but I can answer this question for you because it’s much more concrete and fits personality types. There are different things that make various personalities tick. So, for example, your common ESTP loves answers. They are confrontational, they want information, they want to know WHY, now. What ticks them off is if you don’t tell them when they ask or when you aren’t honest, because they will pick up on your cues. Another example, ENFPs are ticked off by the fact if you try and control their lives because they’re independent. You can tick off an IXXJ roommate if you are being loud after set hours. You can tick off an XNTJ if you try and correct them. You can tick off an NF by shutting down their ideals. You can tick off an ISTP if you’re talking too much. Etcetc.

Does this help at all?

"ISxJs can be irritating and boring but they're usually super reliable and helpful which makes up for that, well at least to me. It would be better sometimes, I agree. Lol I love how I'm too lazy to make an actual tumblr but still have this blog in my favorites folder." - Anonymous

Yes. :) I actually love ISFJs a lot and they are comforting. It’s just hard for me to be around the very neurotic ones, especially if they’re all in a group too. I love that you mention that they are reliable and helpful, because that’s a core part of who they are. ISFJs are like helping hands, always there when you need them. But they just want someone to be there for them too, and so, I hate having to ask for favors from ISFJs because they will pull through with it.

And AHHH, that is awesome!! Thank you for enjoying my blog!! I’m so flattered!! I don’t know what to say!! I’m glad you like it enough to favorite it and send me asks :) ESTPs are wonderful too. Your dominant function is my inferior function so I’m drawn to how much you live in the moment and are so absorbed in reality, whereas I live for the possibilities and I create my own reality in my head.