Want to Know More About Yourself?

Feeling like I needed to understand more about myself and how my brain works, I just went through some testing. The Johnson O'Connor Foundation has been administering aptitude tests, researching, and compiling results since 1922...and that is where I went to find some answers.

The results were fascinating, overwhelming, surprising, and there were some real duh-George's in there too. The most important thing that they stress is that where you have an aptitude, you must find ways to exercise it or you will be unhappy/unfulfilled, and it ignoring it will only be a source of grief and/or frustration.

What I learned about myself, for the most part, can be addressed by tweaking my work situation and by learning to be more aware of opportunities to exercise my aptitudes. The kicker? Music aptitudes. And that is a part of my life I have virtually ignored for a solid 10 years (except for singing to the radio). Talk about bottling up.

So, I got my flute out for the first time in 1.5 years (prior to that, it had been 3 years) and played for an hour until my lips were nice and numb. And I've decided to try a new approach--dig in and learn a new instrument that I can be more interactive and entertaining with people while I'm playing. What better than a little pick'in and grin'in! :)