I'm headed down to the beach this weekend to squeeze the last rays of sunshine out of the remaining dregs of summer. Or rain, since the forecast calls for it. Whatever the weather, I will enjoy some rest and relaxation on the Gulf Coast.

I've been fascinated lately with personality tests. I took the Keirsey Temperament Sorter(Myers/Briggs scale) and the ISTJ profile sounds a lot like me. I also took the Holland Self-Directed Search. The SDS results are CSA (conventional, social and artistic). This seems highly contradictory. I like to work with data and numbers and follow instructions, yet I am artistic and want to be creative, and I want to help people too. Hmmm... any jobs out there for a Database Adminstrator Childcare Painter?

I think the Kiersey is outdated. Professional psychologists do not consider it a thorough test, so it falls more within the realm of pop psychology. It's fun to take and compare results with others as office entertainment.

What I'd really like to take is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory III. Those are much longer and thorough tests. They can pinpoint personality disorders such as narcissism, compulsive behavior, masochism and dependency. Fun stuff! Take the test, get the results, and BAM! It's in writing: You are crazy. Heheh.

My interest in these tests is related to my kicking up some momentum on my career plan, trying to figure out a definitive direction, what is it that I would like to do that would cause me to spring up out of bed every day joyously.

Beach Bum sounds like the perfect job, at least for this weekend.