'I think on this issue a lot and have some strong opinions on it.  First we need to define what we believe strong to be. I think that the phrase better than before is a pretty agreeable definition...|||I believe the heart of the question posed originally is directed towards a sense of belonging. That doesn't come from a tribe we may or may not feel like we have found but from a feeling within.   ...|||That time is my jam. I am a teacher and summer is just about to start for me and I am really looking forward to getting my own time so I can do my own thing. 2 hours a day of reading? Awesome! 2...|||My fiance is an ENTP and we are that disgustingly happy couple that everyone hates. My relationship with her is the best relationship I've ever had. We rarely have miscommunications. Everything has...|||Ni and Fe our two strongest functions are fundamemtally opposed. This leads to dissonance. Ni drives us inside, to our own little world. Fe drives us outwards, towards others. These two are opposed....|||Homebody|||My fiance is a very rational and logical ENTP. We get along wonderfully. We're that couple that makes others sick.   If a feeler and a thinker can't get along its because one of the two parties, or...|||I amatuerly powerlft and run. I have some pretty strong beliefs on how developing my Se through physical fitness has been a revolutionary life decision for me. It is a vital part of my mental health...|||The common conception of stoics has done damage to the image of the philosophy. When people hear the weird stoic they see a person that is statue like and is void of emotion. This is a false...|||What does the stoicism philosophy mean to you? There is nothing in the philosophy that states that we shouldn't enjoy life.|||I have recently begun to really dig into stoicism. I feel like really entrenching myself in this philosophy has helped me significantly. I can trace when I began to turn my life around to when I...|||I teach at a drop out prevention school. Many of my students come from homes and backgrounds where there is no stability, no structure and often times just bad situations all around. I am there to...|||Bump the rules, what is ethically right is the only thing worth following.|||The Tao of Seneca by Tim Ferriss SPQR by Mary Beard|||I have been heavily influenced by Stoicism as well as the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi and Kant in a smaller impact than Stoicism. I also pull much from Plato and Aristotle even though I disagree with...|||You will have more luck understanding what an INFJ seeks rather than specific places. Specific places as examples will ultimately have a bias due to the difference of individuals. What is worthwhile...|||Ethanol  You have no idea. I work with kids who often times don't have a firm grip on what is appropriate and what isn't. I hope me ignoring it doesn't make it worse lol, because that's often times...|||It's really helped me be a better infj/person. It's allowed my more dominant functions to come out as I've embraced the more physical and primal(se) aspects of my personality. It removes the stress...|||Hahaha! Thanks! They were taken at a super spartanrace. It's one of the three classifications of races for spartanrace. It was just outside of Mobile Alabama in a little town called Saraland.  ...|||Spartan race! I had so much fun, most fun I've had in a long time.|||The existence or non existence doesn't matter that much. What we do with our own personal answer is what matters more.|||I went through something extremely similar a few years back. Although I always deal with heartbreak the same way. I always just retreat into myself when I need to during those times which is...|||I had an interesting time with this dynamic due to the fact that for several years of my early 20s I was a hermit. Not socially awkward or anything of that matter but I was just a hermit. I had no...|||Not really, I feel pretty distant and apart from many of the INFJs here. I don't find many of the threads interesting enough to post in or maybe because they are similar to so many other threads I've...|||For the past 4-5 or so months I've been losing weight eating healthy and going to the gym and I've lost 49 lbs and gained some muscle in the process. I am now 208 lbs and my goal weight is around...|||I have people watched for years, even when I was younger. It is something I thoroughly enjoy and even have intentionally done sometimes. I don't judge or make any sort of conclusion on a person but I...|||Hey there :) Welcome to the forums, your English seems absolutely perfect :) Hope to see you around in the INFJ section.|||Hey there! Welcome to the forums. :)   there is a lot to learn here, could be on here for months and even years and still keep learning.|||Hey there :)  D'aw, I am just now beginning to learn spanish myself but seeing so many people here greeting you in it is so sweet.|||Hey :) Welcome to the forums, it is nice to have you here.|||Welcome to the forums :) nice to have you here.|||Hey :) Welcome to the forums.|||Hey there and belated welcome :P|||http://i.imgur.com/AVlUNPC.jpg  Holy mess that is huge, my bad...dunno how to change it into something smaller.|||I have had a male ENFP friend for like the past 5 years and we are very tight so I might have a slightly different perception due to my closeness to him so bear that in mind. He isn't very open...|||They can be but as I have grown older they are no longer that draining for me with the ENFPs in my life. I have actually kinda grown to enjoy it and I just kinda smile and laugh on the inside and...|||Be open with him and be honest. I dunno for all INFJs but when my SO gives me authentic and genuine access to their feelings and emotions even if it could be a negative thing about the relationship...|||On my days off from the gym I generally either do some form of basic yoga/stretches. I generally do not do it for the mental aspect as I write in a journal nightly for the purposes of centering...|||I will be completing my Masters Degree next month. While mayhaps the content I learned through my studies may not be entirely worth what I have sacrificed to achieve it the experience I have gained...|||Is she doing what I think shes doing?..... Is she really doing what I am pretty sure that she is doing?  I am such a dolt that I always think that women are just being nice and friendly when...|||If I am with people? I am good, no tears, maybe a few manly ones are hidden. If I am alone? oh lord I can become a blubbering mess of tissues, snot and tears.|||I dunno honestly, I think it is pretty varied from INFJ to INFJ. I can most often be found in book stores, parks, hiking trails, some form of education setting such as university, gym but I have a...|||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDK_3VkkYRE|||Because people find meaning in their label even if it is false meaning. It also boosts their ego to be AMG IM SO RARE UNIQUE AND SIGNIFERCANT AMG IM 1% OF THE POPERLATION. People identify with it and...|||I just turned 26 less than a month ago and am finally getting into an area where I am really beginning to feel happy and positive outlook on life not just in theory and on an intellectual level of...|||It makes little to no difference.|||Clamp down on the shit we need and can't do without, dispose of everything that is extra. Withdraw into yourself, focus on you and then fuck everything unnecessary that was not apart of the betrayal....|||My man panties get into a level 9 knot.|||Dear ENFP,   You know my real feelings for you, you know they'll always be there in some shape or form, fret not little one. 'tis only a bump in the road.   Sincerely,  The INFJ who has always...|||Keep to yourself, block out people who you think may cause conflict, pull people towards you who you feel won't cause you any stress or conflict. However, to an extent you cannot avoid conflict, it...'