The sheer volume of online personality tests available is insane.
There’s a test for everything.
From the bullshit “spirit animal” buzzfeed quizzes to self-soothing myers briggs “science” … we’re a generation looking for improvement.
Unfortunately, that’s not what results from these tests (pun intended).
Instead, we end up trying to over-identify with something stupid and then we become these weird mascots of some obvious archetype…. and now you’re not a whole ass person.
We start the rabbit hole in search of self betterment, but get lost in “proud of who I am.”
It’s cheap.
The problem with self improvement is this– definition. See, most of these tests shouldn’t exist. We forget what it is we’re trying to improve and when something like a good ol’ internet assessment tells us, “actually you’re not lazy–you’re an intellectual,” you end up defending being a loser.
In this sense, self improvement isn’t real.
After braces, we have a better smile– but those are still our teeth. Genetically, you have f**ked up teeth, but the braces kept them in line.
Don’t look for self-improvement, look to build systems (having things in place that maximize your character and make you your best version).
That’s what we all get wrong.
We don’t need better personalities or to change who we are.
We need better attitudes and systems to guide our behavior. That’s the only reason it’s important to know yourself– but this knowledge can’t be “tested online.”
This is you writing or being with yourself, and gradually getting to know yourself. What environments do you thrive in? Where do you suck?
Typing your date wouldn’t help you know them on any meaningful level.
It’s the same with yourself.
Don’t go cheap, go deep.
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