Also, he mentioned that your profile can change as you move through life. I can definitely see this. While I’ve always been an INFJ, I’ve definitely seen my profile breakdown move to a more middle-ground (except, of course, for the introversion…that may actually be getting stronger as I get older).

And one final note: INFJs have been described to me as “the extroverted introverts”. That is to say, because of the “extraverted feeling” aspect of their personalities, they tend to be deeply interested and connected with other people and their stories and make more of an effort to socialize than other introverts.

Sharon-you still sound like an extrovert to me:) I am an INTJ. I teeter between that an INFJ. I am very uncomfortable 1 on 1 with people I don’t know unless we have something very specific to talk about. Chitchat is very hard for me. I don’t mind small groups as long as there isn’t an expectation of me to talk if I don’t feel like it. I recharge by being completely alone. I love to hang with my friends and family and my job requires me to be with different people all day long but it is exhausting. I don’t mind crowds generally b/c I can get lost in the crowd and become invisible, so to speak. I mull things over in my head for a long time. Interestingly, my best friends tend to be extroverts.

It is, but at the same time I think it’s inevitable. We may not radically change over time, but we do change over time. So we may have different (re)actions to situations than we used to, and also because some of us spend so much time at work, it’s hard to disassociate ourselves from work as opposed to home and personal time/life, so we may waver back and forth between answers to the MBTI test. Brings a new thought line towards “wearing different hats” in different situations/worlds. Some advocate for wearing the same hat everywhere you go/are. Then you don’t have to switch gears so much. But I can see where that might not be so good for some people in certain careers.

Gotcha!