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This was on my list
Nov. 4th, 2011 04:28 pmI am an ISTJ\INTJ (I tend to flip flop between Sensing and Intuition). What I score depends entirely on what’s going on at the moment but my job is about details (ISTJ) and the big picture (INTJ) so I’m always a little conflicted. Generally the needle is barely over the line of one or the other but the last time I took the test, I was an ISTJ and if I had to define myself, I’d say I was an ISTJ so I’ll go with that. My strongest trait is the T (the needle is off the chart on this one) but my J, also very strong, tends to be closer to a P when I’m at home. I hate to make decisions when I don’t have to and at work I have to make decisions. But I know I really am a J because I will make a decision. I just don’t like it.
I really am a classic ISTJ. I’m all about a deadline, so much so that if I don’t have one, then I have a hard time completing a job. I absolutely hate to be late. I know where I’m going and how I’m going to get there before I leave the house. I always have a plan B and many times I have a plan C. I make lists. I make lists for lists. When I die, someone is going to laugh their butt off at all the lists they will come across in my house. It’s sad but without a list, I accomplish nothing. And that includes shopping for groceries or clothes.
Lists are the whole reason I bring this up because this morning at work I did what I do every Friday: I made a list of things to do over the weekend. If I don’t make this list, and put it in a place where I can see it and accomplish it, then I will wander around the house all day, looking for things to do but not really doing anything. What works even better is when I give myself a deadline to get these things accomplished. The Caps play at 7pm tomorrow night so I will work to have everything done by that time. And I will get it done. How bad am I about lists? I needed to install a new smoke detector. It sat on the dining room table for weeks. I knew I needed to install it but I never did – until I put it on a list.
Whether it’s cleaning up a messy house after the painters or contractor trash the place or crossing things off a list, for me it’s all about that end result, that sense of accomplishment. I don’t do well with open-ended tasks or things that are nebulous. I have to have that closure otherwise it truly stresses me out.
So that’s my blog for today: lists. And now that I’ve posted this, I can cross it off my list.
And then add it to tomorrow’s list.
I really am a classic ISTJ. I’m all about a deadline, so much so that if I don’t have one, then I have a hard time completing a job. I absolutely hate to be late. I know where I’m going and how I’m going to get there before I leave the house. I always have a plan B and many times I have a plan C. I make lists. I make lists for lists. When I die, someone is going to laugh their butt off at all the lists they will come across in my house. It’s sad but without a list, I accomplish nothing. And that includes shopping for groceries or clothes.
Lists are the whole reason I bring this up because this morning at work I did what I do every Friday: I made a list of things to do over the weekend. If I don’t make this list, and put it in a place where I can see it and accomplish it, then I will wander around the house all day, looking for things to do but not really doing anything. What works even better is when I give myself a deadline to get these things accomplished. The Caps play at 7pm tomorrow night so I will work to have everything done by that time. And I will get it done. How bad am I about lists? I needed to install a new smoke detector. It sat on the dining room table for weeks. I knew I needed to install it but I never did – until I put it on a list.
Whether it’s cleaning up a messy house after the painters or contractor trash the place or crossing things off a list, for me it’s all about that end result, that sense of accomplishment. I don’t do well with open-ended tasks or things that are nebulous. I have to have that closure otherwise it truly stresses me out.
So that’s my blog for today: lists. And now that I’ve posted this, I can cross it off my list.
And then add it to tomorrow’s list.
