Last week I was sitting around chatting with two of my bosses, and they told me I should take this personality assessment that they’ve found online. I was a bit hesitant, but did it anyway. It’s a free little quiz thing that asks you to choose between two sets of words that best fit you. I’m always a little skeptical of these things, but I was shocked to see how accurate it was (at least in my case).
Some of my assessment:
You’re basically an introverted and low-key person who likes everything to be orderly and impersonal. Reserved, proper and calm are words that are often used to describe you. You don’t like to interact verbally or personally with other people. You are independent and can be a loner very easily. Sometimes, your best friend is your computer and its Internet access.
That last line scares me. First of all, how sad is it that my computer is my best friend? Secondly, do they have a camera on me or something? Because SO. TOTALLY. TRUE.
I like my computer and its Internet access. I like reading things online, making friends online, communicating through e-mail. A lot of people say you can use the Internet to be whoever you want to be. Some people choose to pretend they’re something different than how they are in real life. I choose to be more outgoing online, because I don’t have to see people’s reactions to the things I say or do. I’m painfully shy. I like to pretend that I don’t care what other people think about me, when in fact I care a whole lot more than I should. Communicating online makes it easier for me to convince myself that I don’t care. It’s my own personal delusion, thank you much!
Some more:
Sometimes, particularly when you’re younger, you can be quite critical of others and haughty in your responses. In fact, as people speak, you are editing what they’re saying and judging their intellectual capacity. At some point in your life, you’ll recognize that you are much brighter and knowledgeably prepared than most people.
That paragraph convinced me that this was a setup, and that the bosses had planned this. It’s like the quiz was seriously reading my thoughts. I am ALWAYS judging people’s intelligence when I talk to them. I can’t help it. I dislike stupid people. I’m not ashamed to admit that. People who lack intelligence frustrate me to no end. This doesn’t mean I think all people are stupid (though I think there are an awful lot of them). I just don’t like the ones that are. Of course, that goes hand in hand with the fact that I don’t like people much. I’m more of a guilty until proven innocent type person when it comes to people’s personalities. I generally start off not liking someone until they give me a reason to like them. I make snap judgments about a person within the first 5 minutes of our crossing paths, and keep that opinion until I get a reason to change it. It’s not right, and it’s not fair, but that’s just how I am. I do, however, fully admit when I’m wrong (or at least try to). When I first met one of my best friends, I thought she was a total ditz because she couldn’t find the building our office was in. Turns out she’s one of the smartest people I know, and I love her to death. I was totally wrong about her, and I can admit that.
The assessment gave me a lot to think about. It goes hand in hand with my plan to fix my life. And I’ll get started on that as soon as I finish surfing the web.