Hello, my friends!!!

[ActiveMind]

Good afternoon everyone, So I recently took the MBTI test and, to my surprise, find out I'm an INTP and all the stuff I thought was unique to me is acually quite normal. Basically from there it's just been a lot of self-discovery and looking to fulfill the potential I thought I always had. I've been really struggling to find my place in the world, but nothing ever seems to hold my attention, much less my committment. It's been a real struggle professionally. I work in IT but I find a lot of my interests lie outside of that or a combination of both. I used to think I would be an illustrator but I could never commit to deadlines, which are essential to success in that field. I came to the conclusion that art should never be 'mass produced' and if so, should be called something else. I just didn't want to do it anymore, I started feeling resentment. IT seems like it could satisfy my creative and technical leanings but I am in a place where I don't have any real input and it is highly frustrating knowing I can be better allocated elsewhere. I feel lost as to what I need to do to get where I need to be. That's where this forum comes in though!!!! My 'dream job' would be the creation of green/sustainable/automated living systems and technologies. To plan the implementation of something like that would be most rewarding. Knowing I'm an INTP and what I'm good at, I feel a sense of responsibility to help making the world a better place for everyone.

 

[TimeAsylums]

hello thar! Welcome to the forum! Your story is very much like some of those here (don't worry, still unique)!

 

[Duxwing]

Welcome, ActiveMind!

My 'dream job' would be the creation of green/sustainable/automated living systems and technologies. To plan the implementation of something like that would be most rewarding. Knowing I'm an INTP and what I'm good at, I feel a sense of responsibility to help making the world a better place for everyone.

Now for the not-so-easy step: finding that dream job in the real world. Yes, I know that practical planning and follow-through are not easy for INTPs, but they are essentially the only way to get what you want--barring blind, dumb luck. So just take the process of finding your dream job one step at a time. What is the first thing that you can do to make it happen?

-Duxwing

 

[ActiveMind]

Well I'm looking at a non-linear process of getting there. I figure that my interests in computers and automation would be a start. I figure it's about finding people who can foster my ideas but have the resources to possibly take the ideas further. I thought about Kickstarter being a good way to present a finished concept, with people backing or not backing the plan. I think the biggest barrier with my ideas is that I had little to no reference to draw upon, just better ideas built on established ones. Now that technology is starting to catch up with my imagination, I now have something to show when I reference something that make others go "huh?".

 

[Duxwing]

Well I'm looking at a non-linear process of getting there. I figure that my interests in computers and automation would be a start. I figure it's about finding people who can foster my ideas but have the resources to possibly take the ideas further. I thought about Kickstarter being a good way to present a finished concept, with people backing or not backing the plan. I think the biggest barrier with my ideas is that I had little to no reference to draw upon, just better ideas built on established ones. Now that technology is starting to catch up with my imagination, I now have something to show when I reference something that make others go "huh?".

Alright, so you've got the toys, and you've got the cash. Now what? I mean this question in the most hideously practical and concrete way.

-Duxwing

 

[Polaris]

Hello friend, and welcome.

Hopefully you will find some interesting ideas to confuse
clear the muddle in your head.

Sometimes I let the muddle be muddle for a while, until I seemingly become too careless to work it out, and then: bam. Suddenly all the solutions are there.

Until I change my mind again....repeat ad nauseum...

The bats are happy to see you too:

:smiley_emoticons_mr

 

[ActiveMind]

Alright, so you've got the toys, and you've got the cash. Now what? I mean this question in the most hideously practical and concrete way.

-Duxwing

I actually don't have the cash, unfortunately.

 

[Duxwing]

I actually don't have the cash, unfortunately.

Yes, you do. If you have the toys, then you can make a prototype, and if you make a prototype, then you can start a Kickstarter fund to help you develop it further; therefore, you have the cash, just not on hand. So unless you don't have the cash to develop a prototype, let's get practical.

-Duxwing