A fellow INFP

In case you weren't tuned in back when I wrote this post, I have a thing for the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) and its 16 personality types. Until recently, other than Jon Doust, I'd never met anyone else who knew much about it.

I randomly ran into Dave in Henry's the other day and we ended up talking for many hours. Somehow we got onto the MBTI types and we analysed and analysed and analysed... it was fantastic! The amazing thing is that we're the same type; he's an INFP, too. So it makes sense that we have a lot in common and a lot to talk about. We both write. We both love grammar and hate bad grammar. We talked about freinds vs strangers as confidantes, and how some things IFs do may seem like T things in terms of organising our thoughts, but it's actually just the way we slot things into our worldview and values systems; it's not logical organisation like a Thinker, it's a necessary sort of categorisation that we INFPs use to understand our world from our inward viewpoint.

It was so cool to have someone to talk to in-depth about the types, especially someone of the same type as me! I don't think I know many INFPs (although I'm not entirely sure). Thanks for the convo, Dave. Twas fabtaztik.