Being an ENFP has been a total struggle, irresponsibility, ADHD, lack of judgment, and so forth. But the rewards are fantastic! Im spiritually minded, artistic, creative, and happy most of the time! I guess Im wondering how ENFPs use this creative nature to actually flow with the real world. Will we always feel binded to tasks that have to be done? I guess I just want to learn how to survive in a world that does not always applaud the imagination of a brilliant ENFPer! I would like to know how I can use my skills to actually work on handling money, rather than having a significant other doing it. I want to be independent! any comments?
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Re: ENFP finding flow?
Wed, April 16, 2008 - 11:24 AMyou have the incentive and the energy, do it.
I am assuming you do not enjoy doing it, remembering to enter your deposits, etc. Thankfully most banks have online banking so you may check your account anytime. What issues do you struggle with? Bills? There are automatic payments you may give permission for your bank to do at a given day every month. Of course this means having the funds in the bank at the time. If you get a paycheck that can be direct deposited into your bank acct to assure coverage of bills, etc.
Lack of judgment and irresponsibility- to what degree? I am also assuming you recognize that if you don't have it you shouldn't get it. For me having a child helped me to be much more responsible. Maturing and getting older having experiences that can sober one up like filing for bankruptcy, car repossession, and being tired of not being to eat out. Living beyond your means ends up being ugly because you are constantly trying to pay the interest off if you couldn't afford it in the first place.
To create art there can be methodical structure and you make room for that why not make room for yourself and how to continue to be able to create art? I have been a self employed stylist for fifteen years. I have to do the taxes, separate what is personal and what is business, not a big deal really. The great thing is that you decide.
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Re: ENFP finding flow?
Mon, April 28, 2008 - 7:05 PMMy advice (and its free advice - and you get what you pay for... lol)
Get good at doing the things you fear or dislike, Force yourself to practice these things until you are good at them. Getting good at those things means you will eventually have to spend less time doing them because you are good at them and you become effecient. Better yet, once you notice the patterns in those activities, use your creative imagination to find a way to automate the things you aren't good at (like auto bill pay is one example by the other post here). If you can automate these things you will need to spend less time doing them.
Moral of my free advice. You can do anything you want to, if you believe you can, by just creating a system to do it. Use creativity too create systems like the inventor of the assembly line Henry Ford once said "Whether you think you can or you think you cannot, you are right! "
