I want to post today, but I'm stuck. But I thought of something I read not long ago.
“Whenever we owls have a problem,” said the Owl King, “we ask ourselves the One Question. We believe if we have the answer to the One Question, we will be able to solve any problem which faces us.”
“What is the One Question?” asked Dr. Pipt.
“Who,” said the owl.
“Who?”
“Who.”
These wise words come from this fun little story by 
It did lead me, however, to my question of the day, which is one I love to hide from as much as possible.
Who am I?
I'm sure I'm not getting to the bottom of this in one post, but at least I can start by taking one very specific aspect.
What is my personality type?
I've seen the four character designations flying around, and I thought for once I'll just try it. I suppose at the very least with this designation as well as knowledge that I took this particular test you'll roughly know a bit about how I think.
What does this mean? INFP-T? According to the next parts, the summary of each part taken from the same site:
- I - Introverted (61%) vs Extroverted. How I interact with the environment.
- N - Intuitive (58%) vs Observant. Where I direct my mental energy.
- F - Feeling (54%) vs Thinking. How I make decisions and cope with emotions.
- P - Prospecting (81%) vs Judging. Approach to work, planning, and decision-making.
- T - Turbulent (83%) vs Assertive. How confident we are in our abilities and decisions.
I suppose that you may know how to interact with me now? Let's see what else there is...
Paraphrasing, it says that mediator personalities like me are "true idealists, always looking for the hint of good in even the worst of people and events, searching for ways to make things better. While they may be perceived as calm, reserved, or even shy, Mediators have an inner flame and passion that can truly shine." Apparently we're just 4% of the population, too, wow. I'm a snowflake.
But getting back to the quoted section, it definitely resonates with me. I will dig deeper for underlying motives and will look beyond certain propaganda (usually, not always). And inner flame? Sure, at least for now hah!
I don't want to go in too deep, but highlight a few more as I'm reading more about this bucket:
- "Mediators are led by the purity of their intent, not rewards and punishments. People who share the Mediator personality type are proud of this quality, and rightly so, but not everyone understands the drive behind these feelings, and it can lead to isolation". I got a bit of tingly senses from reading this section though, as I've thought about my own behavior here on the Steemit platform.
- "communicate deeply with others, easily speaking in metaphors and parables"... I can see that, though I haven't done this lately. I had ideas for taking complicated parts of Steem and injecting them into such fantasies but they never fully formed yet. Oh! Looking back, I tried this once here, which references the previous post as well.
- "Mediators will focus their attention on just a few people, a single worthy cause -- spread too thinly, they'll run out of energy, and even become dejected and overwhelmed by all the bad in the world they can't fix." This is an interesting section that I've not sure I've observed. Yet I can start to feel what they might say when there's just so much bad that needs fixing. I am still positive for the time being though.
I love how I'm immediately just thinking in terms of Steem as I've thumbed through the various properties, but hey, why not! That's what you, my dear readers, know and can observe.
One thing that stands out is that it seems to suggest that I am not so reliant on logic, which surprises me. I suppose that's not to mean that I don't use it, but that I am guided more by other traits like principles and intuition than I am by carefully analysis. Which is probably true. I can do analysis, but I prefer to try things out first or rely on intuition.
The other thing is that stands out is that it suggests that I am frequently in my own little world, getting lost in thought. As my friends who know me in real life can attest to, if I'm focused on something and you're calling out my name or trying to get my attention, I actually will not have registered that I am being called upon until much later. "Huh? Did you just ask me something?" Yeah that annoys people a lot. Sorry!
Anyway, I am curious if any of you are familiar with these tests and what you think, at least knowing how I've been bumbling around here. And feel free to tell me that the test I took is pretty lousy and I should probably take a more comprehensive one. I suppose it's good just for a quick snapshot though? And hey, maybe you can give it a spin if you are bored.
Who are you?