I really enjoyed going to Hixson class this week.  I remembered doing MTBI last year as a freshman, but I feel like I got more out of it this time in the smaller group setting.  When Debra was first going over the different letters and what they stood for, I thought that my type was ISFJ.  It turns out that I am an ESFJ.  After going through the packet we got and doing the activities, I soon realized why I was an ESFJ, which is extraversion, sensing, feeling, and judging.  I was very strong (a 30) in the judging category, which is very much like me. 

I really liked when we split up into groups by our preferences between our types and talked about different situations.  I learned that I most often like to be introduced, especially in personal social situations.  At work, I prefer to introduce myself.  Also, as I know, I really like to ask questions before making a decision.  I like to do more research and find facts to support my decisions and answers.  In this group setting, I learned that a lot of others in my group, that were concrete thinkers, also liked to do the same before making decisions.  I learned in class that this is very much okay, and that it is a very normal thinking process for concrete thinkers. 

In the packet we got, there was one page in particular that I found very interesting, the page that describes how different personality types work together.  I like feeling best, then sensing, intuition, and thinking last.  The packet gave me some suggestions in order to use my less-favored processes to work with others better.  It suggested that I take more breaks while working with processes I don’t like as well.  And also to find time doing things using the processes that I do like to build upon them. 

Overall, I learned a lot about how different people think and react with each other that are different MTBI types.  I really enjoyed learning about this, and I can’t wait to continue to research my type.