I Had My Personality Officially Diagnosed: I Am Who I Think I Am

February 06, 2018 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Life In Your 20's, life lessons

For years, I thought I knew my Myers-Briggs personality. I never formally took the MBTI test, but Facebook and Buzzfeed quizzes told me I’m an ENTJ. I read up on my personality and my compatibilities with other personality types. I became accustomed to understanding myself, at least through some lens, that I am the direct, efficient, competent, and natural leader in many settings. I used to squirm at this assertion, but just look at my resume. I always end up being the president, the chair, or point person for projects I’m involved in.

In undergrad, I discovered personality tests: True Colors, StrengthsQuest, DiSC, and the pinnacle one, MBTI. I became fascinated by what they told us about a person, how tests could categorize people into personality boxes, and how they could guide relationships. I accept all this with a dash of salt and pinch of cynicism. I will be the first to say personality tests are not definite, your personality can change, there are not only four or six or 36 personalities in the world, and maybe there are misdiagnoses—but they can also help us! It’s nice to know who thinks more with their heart than their head…so I can make them agree with me in any way I have to. Insert sly smile emoji.

The 11 Emotions You Experience When You Accidentally End Up With a Subscription to Maxim Magazine

June 24, 2015 by astoldoverbrunch in Guest Post, Humor, Life In Your 20's, life lessons

1. Excitement - when you go to your mailbox thinking that your subscription to Reader's Digest has finally arrived.

2. Confusion - when you think the mailman made a mistake by putting what must be someone else's latest edition of Maxim in your mailbox.

What it Feels Like to Blog About Yourself

May 01, 2015 by Sara Woznicki in Life In Your 20's, life lessons, Makeup Sales, Sara's Column, Social Media, Tweets and Mascara, Work, Young Professionalism

When I first started my original blog, Tweets and Mascara, I very narrowly focused on social media and selling makeup (hence the name). I didn't tell anyone I knew about the fact that I had a blog. I blogged just for the few strangers that stumbled upon my site from time to time. That type of blogging was easy.

But then I started to write about myself. Transitioning out of college and into a new full-time job in a different city is really challenging, and I thought if I could just voice the struggle of making ends meet, maybe someone would read it and feel less alone. Maybe I could help someone through the transition because they would know that there's really green pastures ahead.