That Time I Gave Up Personality Profiles for Lent

{ What’s the Strangest Thing You’ve Ever Given Up for Lent? }

I’m a recovering personality-profile junkie.

I say that somewhat in jest, but I was in high school the first time I heard about the four basic temperaments according to the Greeks: sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic. Soon afterwards, I learned about the sixteen Myers-Briggs personality types, and I devoured several books on the subject. Then I discovered more typological systems: DiSC, Enneagram, Strengths Finder, and others.

I’ve taken the assessments. I’ve read the profiles. And I can speak fluently in personality shorthand.