tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post4977316301284384538..comments2023-11-03T08:13:04.072-04:00Comments on anabegins: Searching for the motivationAnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006807775816627217noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-71747247804885389722015-07-11T21:39:26.783-04:002015-07-11T21:39:26.783-04:00The test pegged me as an Obliger. I certainly have...The test pegged me as an Obliger. I certainly have been for much of my life - but not so much recently. I've always liked being different too. One question in particular annoyed me - asking about defying rules and convention. The two are so different. I'm a rule keeper, but don't give a toss about convention! So I really am not sure about this. I'm always very ambivalent about tests - like you on the MB tests, I often get differing results.Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-18191178518810448102015-07-10T10:14:17.448-04:002015-07-10T10:14:17.448-04:00I'm an Obliger. I found it difficult to pick ...I'm an Obliger. I found it difficult to pick the most appropriate answer to some of the questions. It is interesting, though. I try really hard to meet other people's expectations and take far too little time for myself and feel guilty when I do.KeAnnehttp://babywithatwist.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-47358828178631256602015-07-09T14:09:28.441-04:002015-07-09T14:09:28.441-04:00Awesome!
And thank you!Awesome! <br /><br />And thank you!gwinnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840990153103781272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-42762391088185104342015-07-09T12:11:13.473-04:002015-07-09T12:11:13.473-04:00can i admit I don't plan on reading Better tha...can i admit I don't plan on reading Better than Before anytime soon? Just not in the mood for that type of book. Hmmm. I wonder how you could use this self-knowledge to help you not spend money. I'm sure there is a way to think about it that makes sense to you (and as a questioner, you'd want it to make sense or you won't do it) or that gives you some kind of immediate benefit (beyond the "virtue" of saving)Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006807775816627217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-83493096544253082742015-07-09T12:09:17.339-04:002015-07-09T12:09:17.339-04:00the test is far from perfect. I think I figured ou...the test is far from perfect. I think I figured out my type more by reading descriptions about them (she has TONS of posts about this theory, its her baby)Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006807775816627217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-86583791809032742912015-07-09T12:08:42.111-04:002015-07-09T12:08:42.111-04:00oh I completely agree, I don't generally find ...oh I completely agree, I don't generally find these things useful. But---this time, at least---it made me start to think about myself from a different perspective (I'm not lazy...I just need to find the right motivation) and that is always good!Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006807775816627217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-75155014675787479512015-07-09T12:07:44.358-04:002015-07-09T12:07:44.358-04:00it just...happened. He has matured a LOT recently-...it just...happened. He has matured a LOT recently---explosion of verbal and motor skills. Maybe his brain needed sleep (or maybe the sleep allowed the development? chicken/egg). He's still napping---in fact, more consistently than before. So I guess his body is needing the sleep. I don't know if it'll last but its sooooo gooood. I hope you learn something useful at the sleep study.Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006807775816627217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-85161382422420295742015-07-09T12:05:10.654-04:002015-07-09T12:05:10.654-04:00I do meet deadlines. I'd like to avoid the con...I do meet deadlines. I'd like to avoid the consequences of not meeting them (including letting people down that are counting on me).Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006807775816627217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-50551928792207035512015-07-09T02:51:41.046-04:002015-07-09T02:51:41.046-04:00I am actually reading her book Better than Before....I am actually reading her book Better than Before. So far I've found it to be kind of...meh. It's not that great. I do appreciate the different dichotomy's she presents (like I prefer feeling or having a life that is "full" instead of "empty" and I'm an "over buyer" not an "under buyer" which explains why minimalism has been SO HARD for me to embrace). <br /><br />I am also a questioner, which didn't really surprise me (although at first I thought I was an upholder, but as I took the quiz I realized quickly I was a questioner, but definitely with an upholder streak--I am a teacher after all ;). I don't know if I'm going to keep reading it because the one habit I'm trying to break is spending money and I don't know if the book will help me with something that doesn't fall simply and easily within a daily routine. <br /><br />If you're going to read about "habits" I highly recommend "The Power of Habit" over "Better than Before." The former is thoroughly researched and fascinating, the latter seems to be a collection of personal anecdotes. Noemihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792217151905218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-36841016230683130532015-07-08T21:05:52.514-04:002015-07-08T21:05:52.514-04:00I've taken it twice. Once I got upholder; tod...I've taken it twice. Once I got upholder; today, obliger. I think if the questions were more context specific my answers would change. I don't break commitments to others; I don't view many things as commitments to myself. Or, more precisely, my commitments to others are more clear cut...my plans to read all the novels of Virginia Woolf aren't real plans, just hazy fantasies. I am incredibly self-disciplined in certain ways and very lazy in others...<br /><br />The real question is how did your little one start SLEEPING?!gwinnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840990153103781272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-89644509374495874822015-07-08T19:48:43.728-04:002015-07-08T19:48:43.728-04:00I felt mostly ambivalent about that survey (and th...I felt mostly ambivalent about that survey (and the first time I read about her four thingies I felt pretty ambivalent). I'm definitely not contrarian according to those examples (but in reality, I do have some contrarian streaks, but mostly when someone is trying to make me feel bad), but other than that, meh. I come on the middle on a lot of personality stuff (DH and I both failed the myers briggs in high school because we didn't answer enough questions!)<br /><br />I suspect that the best way to increase my willpower/productivity/etc. will be to get more sleep and to work on being more organized, particularly in terms of workflow and note-taking systems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-11660966416789646492015-07-08T17:35:02.203-04:002015-07-08T17:35:02.203-04:00Your description sounds a lot like me...but not ex...Your description sounds a lot like me...but not exactly. I'm curious to take the test now.<br /><br />Also, I'm hiring at work now, so this made me think a lot about the person I currently supervise and who I might in the future.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335915683875653154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219236556397495909.post-88190860980690801512015-07-08T16:21:17.810-04:002015-07-08T16:21:17.810-04:00Upholder here, mostly, though with a streak of que...Upholder here, mostly, though with a streak of questioning. I improvise on recipes, but I meet all deadlines. I like your strategy of picturing yourself presenting the findings a year later to a rapt audience as a way to motivate. And probably if it doesn't get you excited... then it's not something to be spending time on.Laura Vanderkamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06385504652419979583noreply@blogger.com