I'm nobody. Who are you?
I spent a good portion of yesterday in a quest to figure out who I am, courtesy of my place of employment. I was part of a group taking one of these personality tests. Kind of like Myers-Briggs, except this one puts everybody into one of four categories, and as such, has a tendency to make generalizations. I took the Myers-Briggs about four years ago, and apparently, I haven't changed much. I'm said to be "Inspirational," meaning that I'm a consensus-builder who wants to make sure everybody has fun, but I often lack basic organizational and planning skills. Which is basically true, sort of.

I find these fascinating, not because I lack self-awareness -- I don't -- but because it's interesting to see what other people think of themselves, and how surprised (or not) people are at their results or at your results. Our group didn't have very many surprises. It's a creative bunch that, given their druthers, would just as soon work by themselves but are forced into being a part of a group that really is too large for its own good.

At small newspapers, they complain about not having enough people. Ours has too many. Maybe we could use the personality test to cull the annoying people. Then work would be more fun, and I wouldn't have to worry about my organizational skills.