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I recently took a Jung personality test as a subject of Nic(k)’s research work. It classes me as an ENTP, one of sixteen boxes for each the 6.6 billion people on earth.

Now, everyone has something different to say about ENTPs. And let us just ignore the bias caused by it being me that answers the questions, and me that reads the description of my type (and being able to just ignore statements that don’t quite match). Nonetheless, the description page Nic sent me got me right in stating:

ENTPs are less interested in developing plans of actions or making decisions than they are in generating possibilities and ideas. Following through on the implementation of an idea is usually a chore to the ENTP. For some ENTPs, this results in the habit of never finishing what they start.

I’m part of that some. I have numerous half-finished blog entries. Some never make it to the web. Just as many projects off the blog are floating around my mind, or with planning documents on my computer. But nothing or very little by way of implementation.

Implementation is indeed a chore. And sometimes I do it, if there’s some motivation, or if I’m just in the mood to do a chore. (You know, like the days you just feel like cleaning your room, or bringing in the washing. Or is that just me?) Or, if it’s for someone else’s benefit more than mine, then I actually get around to doing the thing.

All in all, this (and the high frequency of High Holidays and flights to and from the Gold Coast recently) might explain why I’m not a very good blogger and, although I have many half-baked posts open in my Opera browser, you haven’t heard from me in a while. And this happens on a regular basis.

I’ll get there. When I feel like a chore.