Random Thoughts Thread (Which Is Not All That Random For INFJs)

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I'll go first...

And, I lost my train of thought creating the title... It may come back...

It's completely gone, but I still feel like this thread needs to exist...

Okay, I thought of something I can say, but it is kinda going to suck...

There was this "rabbit trail" I went on recently. I love worship music. My friend from X.com posted a verse, and it reminded me of a song I had not heard in a LONG time (because the verse has some of the lyrics to the song, you see?). I was listening to the song before church one Sunday, and my uncle was leading worship for the service. During our worship services, people can interject something they want to say in between songs. I mentioned the song I was listening to before church (which I will link) and after worship, when people were socializing, my uncle tells me, "Oh, that song you mentioned was the same artist who did the first song we played today," (which we also were going to play at the end of the service). What I said, as a Word or whatever, is "What if this is the year of the Lord's favor?" And wouldn't you know, I found out I was INFJ (a HUGE deal for me) only about a month or so later.

 
QuickTwist said:
I'll go first...

And, I lost my train of thought creating the title... It may come back...

It's completely gone, but I still feel like this thread needs to exist...

Okay, I thought of something I can say, but it is kinda going to suck...

There was this "rabbit trail" I went on recently. I love worship music. My friend from X.com posted a verse, and it reminded me of a song I had not heard in a LONG time (because the verse has some of the lyrics to the song, you see?). I was listening to the song before church one Sunday, and my uncle was leading worship for the service. During our worship services, people can interject something they want to say in between songs. I mentioned the song I was listening to before church (which I will link) and after worship, when people were socializing, my uncle tells me, "Oh, that song you mentioned was the same artist who did the first song we played today," (which we also were going to play at the end of the service). What I said, as a Word or whatever, is "What if this is the year of the Lord's favor?" And wouldn't you know, I found out I was INFJ (a HUGE deal for me) only about a month or so later.

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Yeah definitely not a random thoughts thread as we all link things together quite easily without even realizing we are doing it or being made aware. Sometimes I am made aware of my linking through other people that will tell me that person or group that I’ve linked is one in the same and I will have not known it and my brain has done it for me, it’s autopilot and automatic. Tell someone else that your excuse is that you “just know” and they look at you like you’re crazy 🤣😆
 
Hyacinth said:
Yeah definitely not a random thoughts thread as we all link things together quite easily without even realizing we are doing it or being made aware. Sometimes I am made aware of my linking through other people that will tell me that person or group that I’ve linked is one in the same and I will have not known it and my brain has done it for me, it’s autopilot and automatic. Tell someone else that your excuse is that you “just know” and they look at you like you’re crazy 🤣😆
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Yup! I was lucky in that I figured out I do this kind of "linking" BEFORE I found out I was INFJ because my top strength for StrengthsFinder is Ideation, which is "Finding connections between seemingly disparate phenomena." Funny, how I never doubted my Strengths, but I doubted my Jungian type. If I were super smart, I would have been able to go, "My Top strength perfectly matches Ni and my second top strength perfectly matches Fe... I guess I'm INFJ!" But alas, my brain can't do that sort of thing.

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QuickTwist said:
Yup! I was lucky in that I figured out I do this kind of "linking" BEFORE I found out I was INFJ because my top strength for StrengthsFinder is Ideation, which is "Finding connections between seemingly disparate phenomena." Funny, how I never doubted my Strengths, but I doubted my Jungian type. If I were super smart, I would have been able to go, "My Top strength perfectly matches Ni and my second top strength perfectly matches Fe... I guess I'm INFJ!" But alas, my brain can't do that sort of thing.
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I understand you completely.
 
Another random thought...

I really am disappointed that online forums are generally dying. They are just not as active as they used to be. I am on three Typology forums, and with the exception of this one (which doesn't seem to be too active), they are just not as active as they once were. I feel sad about this. Forums are vastly superior to social media like Facebook and X.
 
Hyacinth said:
Honestly I contributed a lot until Friday when I first learned it was public. If more threads were community only I would now contribute more but i personally have been made to feel so uncomfortable on public forums that as soon as I learned this was public I’ve gone silent. As INFJs we tend to be introverted, reserved, and private so I’m not sure if this would affect anyone else but I, for certain, would contribute more and it would make a world of difference for future discussions if I was made to feel more comfortable
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The internet is not a "safe space" in general
Some sections here require sign up to access, and so offer a bit more privacy
But anyone is allowed to sign up, as would be the case anywhere on the internet
 
My mind has been blank a lot over the last few days, sorta like writer's block for the mind. I think, and nothing comes to mind. It's weird because I am normally very emotional, as I score very high in emotionality for Big 5 in Openness. It's sorta like having a kind of resolution in my mind where it is sorta resting. Hard to explain.
 
Any INFJs like myself who pretty much wear the same thing every day, or is that just a "me" thing? I wear pretty much black everything every day. Either black shorts or black jeans and a band T-shirt with a hoodie if it's chilly out.
 
QuickTwist said:
My mind has been blank a lot over the last few days, sorta like writer's block for the mind. I think, and nothing comes to mind. It's weird because I am normally very emotional, as I score very high in emotionality for Big 5 in Openness. It's sorta like having a kind of resolution in my mind where it is sorta resting. Hard to explain.
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I am more or less just trusting the process with this. I'm not trying to force anything. I don't know if I have ever experienced this kind of... calm mind thing going on. It's weird. I'm just not going to try to work myself out of it. I am sure a breakthrough is coming with it in one way or another.
 
I figured it out (Re: above). It seems to be that my anxiety is just gone. No idea why this is happening, but I'm here for it. I've struggled with anxiety for most of my life--especially social anxiety. May well be that I just know who I am as a person better and have some closure on that. It might also return later. In any case, I will try to ride this wave as long as possible. Just be and don't judge. Seems to be a good place to be.
 
Sitting down, listening to a somber song about a break up, drinking coffee out of my mug that has one of my favorite Christian Black Metal (CBM henceforth) bands on it.

It's a mood.

Fit For a King - "Between Us"


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My mom got me a wolf's fleece blanket one time. It was sitting dormant on a chair for years. Then, I finally found a use for it. I need it to be DARK in my room to sleep well. So I put the blanket over my shades (there is a light RIGHT OUTSIDE my apartment window [I'm on the first floor]), and I felt I had a great use for it because it was both decorative and useful at the same time. My mother was not impressed. She did not approve of the use of the blanket. But it's my blanket, not hers, as she gave it to me. So, she was not "upset" or anything, she just thought my use was unconventional or whatever. But it's literally the most perfect use for a blanket that is too small for a bed, but has a design or whatever.

This thread is sorta turning into a blog for me... I already have a blog on another forum, and I have my own website blog. How many blogs do I really need? Anyways...
 
Great question.

Is this an everyone blog, that's what it feels like. The commie blog.

It's hot af here today but I'm in nice A/C thankfully

I wish I hadn't learned about coffee burrs, life was simpler prior to that knowledge 😫
 
Wyote said:
I wish I hadn't learned about coffee burrs, life was simpler prior to that knowledge 😫
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Just get the SSP High-Uniformity Red Speeds and be done.
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Happy To Help 🤪
Ian
 
aeon said:
Just get the SSP High-Uniformity Red Speeds and be done.
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Happy To Help 🤪
Ian
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I ain't got money for that (as much as I love a good cup of coffee).

This was a treat I had at one point because French Press is the way I go for decent coffee without having to spend thousands of dollars.


(Link not really displaying anything. It is "Brazil Coffee, Bracosta Estate, Whole Bean, Fresh Roasted, Kosher, 16-ounce")
 
QuickTwist said:
French Press is the way I go for decent coffee without having to spend thousands of dollars.
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Right on. That said, as always, good grindage is important, and I dare say moreso for French Press where excessive fines will create silt/mud which can make the process difficult.

To be fair, some French Press drinkers would feel cheated if the end of the cup didn’t have a wee nip of sludge.

Cheers,
Ian
 
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