Re: Tiredness
Well it's several days since I posted the topic on tiredness in the INFJ community (http://community.livejournal.com/infj/235540.html) and I'm more tired than ever. Mostly because I had to fly to Wellington to give evidence in a court case, which involved a very early start and some intense cross-examination from the defense.
I'm back at the lab in Auckland today, but I'm so exhausted I feel like I'm here in body only. I've come to realise that part of the reason for my constant fatigue is the nature of my job. I spend most of my day examining evidence using my Sensing function and then drawing conclusions using Thinking. Although I have become highly skilled at doing this (I actually received top marks for "Attention to detail" on my recent performance review - a major accomplishment for a dominant Intuitive person!) it comes with a massive price tag: extreme tiredness and a constant risk of job burnout.
There is some scope at work for using my preferred Intuition (sometimes I "know" what the result of an analysis will be as soon as I open the exhibit) but very little indeed for using Feeling. I compensate for this by cultivating friendships with my colleagues.
Still, I am operating out of my least preferred functions for much of the day. There is no easy solution to this dilemma, as I am not in a position to stop working or change careers to something better suiting an NF preference.
I guess the short-term answer is to spend as much time as possible outside work engaging in activities which make use of intuition and feeling. Happily, I have many hobbies and interests which do just that!
I'm back at the lab in Auckland today, but I'm so exhausted I feel like I'm here in body only. I've come to realise that part of the reason for my constant fatigue is the nature of my job. I spend most of my day examining evidence using my Sensing function and then drawing conclusions using Thinking. Although I have become highly skilled at doing this (I actually received top marks for "Attention to detail" on my recent performance review - a major accomplishment for a dominant Intuitive person!) it comes with a massive price tag: extreme tiredness and a constant risk of job burnout.
There is some scope at work for using my preferred Intuition (sometimes I "know" what the result of an analysis will be as soon as I open the exhibit) but very little indeed for using Feeling. I compensate for this by cultivating friendships with my colleagues.
Still, I am operating out of my least preferred functions for much of the day. There is no easy solution to this dilemma, as I am not in a position to stop working or change careers to something better suiting an NF preference.
I guess the short-term answer is to spend as much time as possible outside work engaging in activities which make use of intuition and feeling. Happily, I have many hobbies and interests which do just that!