Monday, April 18, 2016

2. My personality according to internet

Since I'm going abroad my guidance counselor told me to do a personality test that was based on different colors. The test was about picking colors based on how much you like them and somehow it determines your personality on that alone. There were lots of different colors that I had to firstly rank on the merit which ones I preferred then which ones I disliked or didn't prefer. I think that's quite farfetched but the test gave me the results I was expecting.
 According to it I'm an intellectual, thinker and about 60% introvert. Intellectual and thinker are probably traits that manifest themselves simultaneously. And the result that I'm an introvert isn't really surprising to me since I have always liked my own company and don't socialize too much. Even though I'm happy and agree with the results I still don't think that picking colors is something you can reliably test someone's personality over. It might give some direction, that I'm willing to admit but not very thoroughly. But that's only my opinion and I'm not an psychologist so what do I know.
 But I did consult another test to see how consistent the results were. I did the imbti which stands for Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and it was developed after WWII. From that test I got that I'm INTP which stands for introvert (I), intuition (N), thinking (T) and perceiving (P) and they represent only 3,3% of society. To get in more details, this test told me that I'm 92% introvert so in that area it differs with the color test but other than that I don't think the results are easily comparable but generally I got same kind of results for example the thinker part. Here's a link for some more information about my type. As I read more about it the more it felt correct. So if you wan to do a test that feels correct this is my recommendation.  (324)


Thursday, April 14, 2016

1. Hello!

Hello people, I've just started a new blog because I'm going to study abroad for a year! I'm going to the United States to study in a high school for the year. It's pretty exciting because I have never traveled outside of Europe and I have no contacts in the U.S. This'll also be my first time traveling alone so I'm nervous about that too.
 It also feels kind of weird finally traveling there because the only contact I have gotten to the States is almost solely pop-culture and I have difficult time believing that that's too close to actually living there, therefore I'm really interested how the life actually works there and what kind of people real Americans are. The presidential elections also will have people riled up and I want to follow up close what kind of chaos, if any, they will bring.
Here's a nice picture from the Rocky Mountains national park in Colorado
I will be spending my year in Colorado where I can admire the Rocky Mountains and the mile high city of Denver. Colorado as a state has always had my interest since I'm a long term fan of South Park. Also Colorado doesn't seem to be that popular like maybe California, Florida or New York but it isn't wholly unknown like maybe Iowa. Have you ever heard anybody being fired up about traveling to Iowa? Me neither. Also Colorado is supposed to have a own really good cuisine I'm thrilled to try. (250)