My name is Katie

What a creative title, isn't it?

Well, anyways, I don't know if this will work out or not but since Keshia started this and we have kept in contact since we both became a part of the group, I will take time out to do this when I can. Anyways...

My name is Katie, and I've known that I was an INFP for about 3 years. However, I didn't really look into it at all until my sophomore year and then all of a sudden it was like BOOM!!! Everything and I do mean EVERYTHING about me suddenly made perfect sense. So I wasn't that weird and there were other people out there like me. It was a shocker to say the least, as I had spent my life truly believing that I was the odd one out.

To introduce myself: My name is Katie (absolutely hate that name) and I am 17 years old. I've lived in the United States all my life. I love to write and am actually really good at it, as I've heard most INFPs have a talent for this. I've been writing for 9 years, over half my life. I'm really into the arts and I love to spend my time daydreaming and thinking over things in my head. I am a very introspective person. Because of this, I feel as though most of the world I live in is inside of me rather than in the exterior world.

My life has been one giant reflection. I'm constantly thinking. That thinking turns into writings. I write to discover parts of me and to release the emotional tension I keep buried. I'm not the most pratical person and I'm not very good at expressing exactly how I feel. Most of the time, I'm trying to spare the other person's emotions. This year, I got sick of that and I've been so angry that I turned to the exact opposite. It turns out to be just as destructive as letting people walk all over me. I've had some trouble with that.

I'm really good at languages. I can memorize things quickly. I'm a decent artist and I love all the fine arts. If I could be a writer and make a decent salary for a living I would. However, I really want to be a teacher in inner city schools/third world countries, teaching ESL or Spanish.

I'm in band which is very social and it drains tons of energy out of me so basically throughout the fall, I have no energy and I have to pump it back into myself by force. At football games during the third quarter my instructors are constantly trying to get me to put down the book I'm reading or my notebook and pen and go out and socialize. They don't really seem to get that I need that time to regroup. I need my time alone and I don't get it enough.

I'm an overachiever as well and I usually get very good grades. I went through some issues this year though that caused me to fall far behind and I will not be on the honor roll this year as I have been every other year.

I could probably be a lot deeper than this but I'm not quite ready to put myself out there to be judged by the world. My confidence isn't exactly there or anywhere close for that matter.

-Katie Lynne