Second Guess Accountability

This is probably my favorite comic in the collection in regards to total theme and details.

Sunset Thoughts

Another Myers-Briggs comic.  My extrovert friends have just learned to laugh when I express 'random' thoughts. They have come to realize that there was probably a complex thought pattern that logically led to my comment.  And whenever they do inquire about how I got to that thought, I simply state, "I'd try to explain, but I don't think you'll understand how the monkey is relevant."

Another introvert friend wrote this one.  She even used pretty colors to help keep the extroverts attention while they read all the words.

Myth Busters

There was a group of us that used to hang out.  Three of them were extroverts and three were introverts. Two of the extroverts would make comments about how the introverts wouldn't be able to carry on a conversation without them there to help.  If they weren't there then we'd need pen and paper.  Turns out, through visits and phone calls between all three introverts we slowly proved their theories false.  Ok, the phone conversation one is a bit harder than face to face, but still totally doable.    

Algebraic Differences with Introverts and Extroverts

The following two comics were drawn by an ISTJ friend (at least she was at the time....there are reports claiming the T has been replaced by a F).  It's a bit of mathematical humor about the difference between introverts and extroverts.

An ISTJ Nightmare

This is a true story.  I actually had this dream about a month before the trip.  When the trip to Australia was first introduced, one of my friends wanted to "wing-it."  To which I replied, "You do realize Australia is about the same size as the United States?  And we only have a two week vacation?  No, we are not 'winging-it.'"  So, we compromised.  There was a mix of planning and non-planning.  Since we were seeing several different parts of Australia and we had domestic flights to get places, we need to have some sort of itinerary.

And we did.  There were three of us going, so each one took a different location on our trip to plan.  One person had Brisbane, one had Sydney, and one had Ayer's Rock.  The last location fell to me by default since I was the only one over 25 and could rent the car we needed.  We had a rough sketch of our plane details and excursions in each area.

No wonder I had the following nightmare.  First, I dreamt that a bunch more people came on the trip then we had planned.  Second, one of them wanted to take a vote on what we were going to do.  I think that was the more stressful part.  Take a vote??  We already had an itinerary, we're not changing things just because more people arrived.  There's no voting after we arrive to change the trip!!  I'm all about flexibility within the itinerary, but not changing set plans that have reservations.

I think this dream stems from many times sitting at coffeehouses waiting for friends to figure out what everyone wants to do.  Don't get me wrong.  I love coffeehouses, and spending many hours there in good conversation.  What frustrates me is sitting there talking about what to do next for hours on end.

In response, my sub-conscious produced this dream...    

Planning a Fun Visit with Friends

At some point I came to be known as the friend who gave you detailed (by the hour) itineraries before you would visit.  Is it my fault I wanted to make sure the maximum amount of fun was had during a short weekend visit?  I had other friends who were more comfortable with just having a vague idea of options in their head.  I will say, my itineraries have become less structured having planned several trips with "EFPs."  And one of those friends made great improvements over the past couple years.  She now writes possible itinerary ideas on post-it notes.

The Secret Fear of All Introverts

A friend of mine has this book titled, The Introvert Advantage.  I've never read it, but the book description says: "Introverts are thoughtful, imaginative, tend to work independently and think outside the box. Introverts are keen observers and sensitive listeners. Introverts prefer to be involved intimately with one person and are often drawn to life’s spiritual side. Introverts are not antisocial, shy, or aloof."  I've been blessed to have a couple other introverts in my life.  Sometimes hard to figure out, but always come through when you want a great conversation over coffee, they are some very cool people.  

There was a couple of us that had fun creating an ITJ group (one was an N, the other two of us were S) to chat about, well, stuff introverts think about.  In response to one such conversation, this comic was made.  

Analyzing People

Yes, the ISTJ comic below was written in response to another comic.  What comic?  Well, below I'm posting the original comic and then the one written after the discussion.  I think you may agree the second one does make more sense.  And yes, I do put this much (too much?) thought into my comics.

The first draft.

The final draft.

An ISTJ Conversation

WARNING:  Extroverts may become bored with this comic since there are few pictures and lots of writing.  I'm not being mean, I've seen it happen again and again.

This was an actual conversation between two ISTJs.  Unfortunately, I think one of them is now an ISFJ, but not at the time.

How to Earn a Gold Star

Yes, I have a few friends who are "well versed" in Myers Briggs.  I am quite apt at going, "oh, you are an ENFP?  Well, that explains a lot."  A couple of my "I" friends and I started writing comics one day because I was bored at work, and they were both avoiding studying.  The results have been collected into a comic book. Actually, it's Moleskin notebook with them pasted in, but it's still full of hilariousness.  

One of the things we joked about was the difference between introverts and extroverts when it comes to needing rewards for actions.  One such reward system is the "gold star."  As illustrated below, it's given out a bit more liberally to the extroverts.  And believe me, they keep track of the number they have earned.  I actually had an introvert friend turn down a gold star because she didn't feel she had truly earned one.