I was made to realise that others had been deciding what I am, and how I should be. You know, those tests that define you for life, descended since ancient times of superstitious sky patterns called horoscopes, to my personal favourite of 4 letters each chosen instead of their opposite (MBTI).
And then twice now, I get to decide that the tests are too often flawed, I have to choose my evolutionary path through such closed descriptions, and rediscover my own truths that matter.
First, single digit numbers (Enneagram). I had results swear I was mostly a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, but almost always minorly 7 or 9. How precise can one get this way? Which was when I returned to tritypes, and doubly confirmed I most resembled a 1-4-6 and its same 3-digit cousins in different sequences. Reading this Philosopher tritype description, again I felt I had come home, just like I did just only a few years before for my 4-letters MBTI, and later below, for my chosen balance ๐of the 9 alignments in 3-by-3 grid.
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Alan Heah to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.