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Sometimes nature provides you with a mask. I have close to zero S on the S/N spectrum and I'm quite solidly P as opposed to J, but my tertiary Fe is developed enough relative to my secondary Ti that I can generally pass as "nice woman" or even "dumb blonde", because many/most nor...

In the Enneagram Model, the XXXX is the highest functioning, not the normal. I believe this represents a pre/trans issue. As Kegan suggests in his description of intimate relationships at higher levels of functioning, once a human becomes self-aware of their innate tendencies, they comprehend that t...

Was this a summons? I know nothing of anti-memes. Maybe not, but you know of your own path to ERE as somebody who likely identifies as a people-person. I identify primarily as an idea-person, particularly a book-person, so I can directly trace my path to ERE through books I previously read which al...

Even Browne later changes his mind on that one. Yeah, in the handicapped version of finally engaging adult feminine (caring) energy where he takes on the enormous social task of caring for an attractive, fully competent younger wife* who is supportive of his purpose to the extent that she is helpin...

I think your IQ is likely high enough to place you in the cuckoo-bananas tribe on that alone. However, as the book on Creativity that Jacob recommended elsewhere affirms, the earliest research on the topic of creativity revealed pretty high correlation between high IQ and various flavors of cuckoo-b...

The WOG method is just a way to get people out of the "optimized box"-thinking that dominates WL4--WL6 and into the systems-thinking of WL7-8...Self-consistency (walking the talk) is king when it comes to INTJ morality Gotcha. I think, for better or worse, eNTPs are too impulsive to ever ...

I read somewhere that Rationals tend to visualize their life linearly. Creating a WOG (collection of vectors) is just doing an extremely good job of visualizing/projecting your life linearly. This forum would probably think it was cool if I made a Power BI report on my lifestyle over the last 59 yea...

At the meta level one would also have to consider the positive and negative aspects of performing a WOG analysis, and then the positive and negative aspects of the meta-level consideration, etc. etc. infinite regress. This is why at this juncture in my life, I would seriously consider trading 10 IQ ...

I have a 4 hour block 3 mornings a week called "Spa Day". This time block includes walking the dog, going for a run at the track, strength training, yoga, showering and sun bathing. What a good idea. The concept is flexible enough to include a great many activities. For example, you could...

Much of one's approach to this comes down to whether a home is considered an asset, a liability, an expense (rent, taxes, insurance,...), or an investment(*). Personally, I think of our home as an asset but not an investment. Many or most humans would also imbue the word "home" with emoti...

I was browsing a maker magazine the other day and happened upon a model for creativity/innovation described as Imitation-> Modification-> Innovation. It struck me that the term Modification might lend some insight to what is going on at the Coordinating level of the CCCCC Copying-> Comparing-> Compi...

it is not inconceivable that some of the hosts locked themselves in such a money/time sink situations and actually needed a helper more than vice-versa This is always a matter of perspective, skill, goals and cash flow. For example, I could theoretically make use of a full-time general-purpose pers...

In order to relax from being the logistician, you need to first learn how to express your preferences/feelings. Rule of thumb is that it is easier to experience pleasure if you are not the logistician/decision-maker in the moment. That's why decision-makers have a higher pay grade. I recently had an...

I love traveling by train. When I didn't own a car, I even frequently used Amtrak to spend weekend with a BF who lived around 90 minutes away. I've also taken much longer trips, such as Detroit to New Orleans. One time there was a stowaway on the train which was kind of exciting. It's very frequentl...

Yes, my best friend in high school drove a red Trans Am and her mother had a pearl pink Cadillac, because they both worked for the family roller rink business. OTOH, you can take standard mileage depreciation on a very inexpensive car, like I did for my business with the Mazda Protege I bought for $...

Thanks for all the suggestions. I think she has come to the conclusion that buying a very basic cabin on the edge of the forest, rather than camping, might be best option given her particular highly renumerated job's need for very good, stable internet connection.

However, "entertaining yourself on your own" is very much something that is not encouraged by pretty much any culture. Hmmm...I can't speak for every culture in general, but it has been my experience that "entertaining myself on my own with small projects" has been very much enc...

@jennypenny: Wow, that's impressive. Do you still have kids at home? Beyond the fact that I theoretically (may have to repossess a property) don't currently own any land, living alone for the first time in my life has seriously collapsed my food production cycle/practice. I think maybe my flavor of ...

Well, I live near the plant where they make them, and I haven't observed that the autoworkers( or the folks who work at the secondary factories supporting the auto industry or the folks who work at The Dollar Tree where they shop. etc.)themselves are driving new cars. So, more likely a sign that you...

Thanks very much for the recommendations. I will pass them along, although I think she is going to ultimately decide that driving out of the woods and "renting" a table at local cafe or nearest McDonalds will be her best option. IME, typing in the woods is not so much fun.