After finishing my Personal Branding Profile, I realized my mind was full of puzzling questions about what I wanted to do with my life. I always believed I wanted to be an engineer, however when I entered my junior year in high school, I had an epiphany to be an architect. And so I applied to the School of Architecture at Texas A&M University. After being admitted, I accepted the offer at once, and enrolled without any hesitation.
Two weeks ago, I entered my first day of classes and realized art and architecture were not what I was expecting. As a very analytical, OCD person, who happens to love “crunching numbers” I was disappointed with the lack of mathematic background in the Environmental Design Program. Ever since that day I have a question in my mind that keeps asking “What if civil engineering is a more suitable career for me?”
And what if it is… After completing the Jung Typology Test (JTT) and the Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire (ILSQ), I discovered my personality is known as an ISFJ. An ISFJ is also known as a nurturer and the guardian portrait of the protector.
An ISFJ is a hardworking individual with a strong sense of responsibility and excessive criticism on oneself. They believe in the innate goodness of others and often help others by being sensible and the best to depend on. They usually keep their emotions to themselves and store personal information and memories in their unconscious, however as most emotions are shut out, they are forced to find an outlet for their feelings. They are usually found studying traditional higher education refraining from conceptual analysis and theory. They are goal oriented and need positive feedback from others to succeed.
They are time-conscientious and oriented. They also value tradition and truly feel overburdened amongst change. They can deal with disability and neediness better than others, yet are shy and less talkative. Due to their hardworking nature, they often embark on extremely hard duties in which they prefer to work alone. Their efficiently remarkably improves while there are alone, and they treasure the value of money and success.
After discovering all this information about myself, I realized the description fit my personality in the most perfect manner. Maybe I do need to quit architecture and study civil engineering. The only problem now would be to make up my mind between one or the other. I suppose time will make the difference. All I can do now is see both fields with a positive mentality and discover myself as well as my true passions. After all my happiness is the most important thing, everything else is secondary.
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