In the past, let’s say, until few months ago, I used to enjoy working alone in the middle of the night so much. Those nights are the time when I can get full concentration on things, and it was usually very hard to force myself to sleep. Usually I don’t go to sleep until I get terribly sleepy (my biological clock thinks that there is 25 or more hours in a day, so I usually get sleepy around one hour later than the time I got to sleep on the previous day), or until I’m worried like “it’s going to be dawn soon, what am I doing instead of sleeping???”. Those nights are the best time for me to browse around the net and read whatever things I found with enough excitement to continue until I finished with some topics. In short, I was very productive at night, especially in learning new things (never really tried studying for exams that late at night though, so can’t tell whether it’s more effective).

However, that was the past. Even though nowadays I still work and learn well at night, I don’t feel like enjoying it as much as I did few months ago. While the urge to “do something more before calling it a day” is still there, it’s not that fun anymore. Just like last night, I was stuck at around 2am in the morning, with nobody to chat with, no motivation to do anything, want to sleep but can’t (not sleepy yet). That raised the question, whether I am still an Introvert like before.

So, today, I took the Jung Typology Test (based on Myers-Briggs approach), and to my surprise, I was diagnosed as type ENTJ (Extraverted, iNtuitive Thinking Judging) - Fieldmarshals. I remember that I took this same test three years ago, during the CB1 class, and was diagnosed as INTJ (Introverted, iNtuitive Thinking Judging)- Mastermind with heavy preference on Introversion rather than Extraversion. Apparently currently I’m significantly more Extraverted than before, so that may explains “the loss of motivation to work during the long nights alone”.

The description seems to fit perfectly (even the description here and here too), so I think I really have changed. (And Bill Gates falls into this type too, what a relief )

Is it a good thing? or a bad thing?

The good news is, Fieldmarshals are said to have some Leadership quality, so I should be able to manage people better. Well, maybe. That seems to be a fair trade with my ability to work until late night, at least I’ll be able to live healthier later on when I finally quit being a night-owl , which may happen sometimes soon. Or not.

What do you think?
-Kurniady