5 HOBBIES INFJs LOVE (but aren’t aware of)
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INFJ Life Coach Lesson: INFJs are rare, which means they may not realize these five hobbies that make them happy. They have a difficult time finding true companionship because of their introverted nature and enjoy spending time alone. So when it comes down to entertainment or enjoyment there's really nothing better than engaging in the five hobbies we talk about today.
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What are some of your favorite hobbies that seem INFJ-related?
Hydroponics, Masonic ideology, and ideology as a whole, gardening, reading, politics, and psychology. Smart video.💯
typologies, universe laws ie laws of attractions, universal dimensions, healing practices, psychology ie subconscious, dreams, shadows; spirituality
I'm fascinated by my nearly insatiable appetite for collecting watches. It's so nerdy and non-action oriented. It may be driven by my viewing RUclips watch videos. So yes, others' interest sparked my interest in a surprising way.
Pacific Northwest geology Will it run Heavy equipment Precious metals Stoicism Civilization searching for the elegant solution As little farming as possible
Point 3 is one of the things I most aware of in this list. The bad side is when you begin to collect unrealized startups. It's not that they are actually unrealized, but only in our head and that's important thing to know - how many of your ideas are worth your phisical effords and how many of them will always stay in your head and get them out of your fantasy world will actually make you less satisfy. It's tipical for me to think with lot of enthusiasm about an idea and after the mental fireworks I actually need nothing more. Phisical work and phisical reality will never be in the list of things we are best in. As about the hobbys that I'm aware the list is long: transport, photography, cars, motorbikes and long variety of vehicles and technical stuff about them, history, politics, philosophy, collecting stuff like my over 2500 pens, my room is full of old toy cars, trucks, I almost have no place for me.
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I always find myself researching or falling into a rabbit hole for the most random things. Example: I'll watch a movie and then feel the need to look it up on Google to read reviews, learn more about the cast, director, and how the movie came about or I'll do this while I'm watching the movie lol. It's weird but knowing the plot doesn't ruin it for me because it helps me understand the characters more and I can pick up on subtle details and meanings that I may have missed. My husband thinks it's the weirdest thing ever but I don't care. 😂
🤣🤣 finally! Someone else who does the movie research thing! I must add that I read all the credits at the end of a film until the last full stop 🤷🏽♀️
@@legna4011 😂😂 That's hilariously awesome. I'm not the only one!
I do that every time!
Yes!
Ditto! I end up ordering the book on which a movie is based, research the author, dig into his/her life, associations, etc. Definitely rabbit hole stuff!
1- we'd like to do something but we don't feel like doing it
2- we love to understand mysteries
3- We're good at creating something with very little information
4- Optimizing. So why not optimizing our personal lives?
5- Rebelling 🙂
Rebelling 🤣🤣 me all the time
Even with the foresaid points. One through four are optional. We confuse everyone! XD
@@madhvishukla4332 definitely a hobby of mine too haha
@@interludemediasg 👍😆😊
Rebelling? Don't tell me what to do. I'll conform, just to spite you.
One could say we are almost addicted to emotions and also to deeper understanding of things. It was great fun to recognize these hobbies we have.
This is much more of an Fi-Ni convergent cognition. Cognitive INFJs are primarily abstract rationalists in the Jungian sense. However, Fi-Ni convergents are of course a wonderful type 😊
Maybe we should make a list of our weirdest INFJ hobbies. Mine are these:
1.) Finding out what the parking is going to be like before I go somewhere. I MUST DO THIS.
2.) Watching to see how long it takes for that parent to look up from their phone and pay attention to their kid
3.) Using Dollar Tree junk to make a "fancy" centerpiece for the table, then spending over $200 on organic food for the dinner
4.) Writing a strongly worded email, editing it, rethinking it, rewriting it, using my thesaurus, only to delete it before ever sending
5.) Watching the lines move in the store and trying to guess which one will be the fastest, then trying to decide whether or not I should switch lines or stay put, then trying to add up all my purchases in my head so I know almost exactly how much I'll be paying
Your quote: "4.) Writing a strongly worded email, editing it, rethinking it, rewriting it, using my thesaurus, only to delete it before ever sending". This must somewhat hurt. So I'm going to share with you my tip. What I do if I "tergiversate" to send an email to somebody (or not) is that I send it to myself so that the work and sweat is not entirely lost. Nevertheless, I must immediately add that I am not 20 years old anymore so this could at least partially explain why we are behaving differently regarding the topic of an email "being lost or not". Thank you for taking the time to share your list.
This list made me chuckle because I do some of them myself...lol 😅
Lol I resonate so much with this list! Especially #’s 4 & 5! Well done.
I feel attacked lol
I’m and INFJ and number 4 is the story of my life 😂🤣
As an older INFJ in my 50's, I enjoyed the way you categorized what we do as hobbies. I did not look at it that way. Now I can't stop smiling.
I'm 59. December 5th. 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊I. Understand.
I wonder if one becomes an INFJ or is just born that way. Because I was an INTJ until adulthood and only after accepting my feelings after some illumination experiences, I became this way. What about you?
Same ☺️
I was born an INFJ. There is a dear friend in my life who is an INTJ, so we definitely know the difference. We enjoy sharing our intuitive insights with each other.
@@friedarisse8283 this is a popular question. Born or made. Well our brain connections are first formed then our spine, organs, etc. We are born with a fully functioning brain and personality. Sure, we keep developing into adulthood and fully grown up mentally, psychologically by 25-30 years. If we are connected to have NI dominate, Fe to closely follow on, Ti a good back up and Se when we really have to, then good luck in changing that. I would say we are all born with a distinct personality.
I love watching people play videogames but I myself hate playing videogames and feel that when I try to play videogames it's a waste of time.
Same here! I thought that's a weird thing of mine
I've always felt different. I remember my mom telling me that at 10 months old I became potty trained. I was the first child so my mom was super prepared for me. I couldn't walk or even talk at 10 months old. She was holding me and I pointed to the wooden potty chair she had for me. I kept pointing and so she sat on me on it. At that very instant I was potty trained. I was a nurse for 38 years. I was very organized and very timely and was able to multitask. I had this boss, Jamie. She started a travel nursing business. I had just arrived home from a 6 month assignment in California. My sister pointed out the business. I went in applied for a nursing job traveling around central and western ND. I took the month of June off. She called me every week to see if I could start early. I ended up being one of her best nurses. She sent me to every new facility that she signed in a new contract. She paid me very well! She saw my special gifts and paid me handsomely. I was accused of not doing my work, because I was always finished due to my organization, timeliness and multitasking. She worked when she had an empty shift she couldn't fill. So she saw me at my best and taught her many things. I was a pragmatist, if I saw a problem I was able to come up with a solution to the problem and fix it. I'm creative with crafting, decorating, cooking and baking, I love reading and being informed. I have become interested in political discussions and can hold my own. I am really reserved and have a very large vocabulary and use it often. So I would say these are my creative elements of myself!
The potty part made me smile. My mother told me that one day she sat me down and explained to me (I started to speak very soon) that I was going to go to nursery care and I needed to learn how to use the potty. Apparently I said "ok", I learnt that same day and I never used diapers ever again.
That was wonderful! Congratulations 🎉
You know, I don't really feel lucky having the world's rarest personality type. It is just so deeply lonely.... But at the same time, I don't really want to socialize. The socially anxiety doesn't help either.
I just stumbled onto this video. I didn’t know it was a rare personality. That does explain why I don’t know and have never met anyone like me. It is lonely and I always feel out of place. I didn’t know what to attribute to before. I thought it was just me, that I was the biggest weirdo around. I feel you friend.
When you mentioned liking to solve mysteries, it makes me wonder if my interest in conspiracy theories is sort of like a hobby. Others often think it's about fear, but it isn't at all.
And the paranormal ...
I feel the same way!! Interesting! 🤗
Me too. I don't believe any of it, but I like the romance of the mystery, I guess. It expands the imagination.
I love to cook, bake, paint, take walk and read
100% true.. I'm seriously addicted to watch dance performances and to watch how much other people love to dance. My friend always tells me I ought to stop dreaming about dancing and finally start doing it and yeah, I kinda would like to learn, but whenever I try, I start missing that passion I saw in everyone else and give up, feeling inadequate. Watching your video now, I finally realise that what you said about loving other people doing their hobby is actually really what I'm in love with, so THANK YOU for finally making me understand what this really is about and there's no reason for me to feel depressed about it anymore.
Isn't this wonderful. Me too, I have enjoyed so many reality type tv shows obstacle course, dancing, designing clothes, cooking, etc. And, personally I feel uncomfortable with the ego-drama. However, it's them fulfilling their passions and the resolution of the drama and personal growth that I can't seem to ever get enough of.
I'm 64, and I love watching nature. Just watching, not naming and categorizing. I never fit in with most nature watchers because I don't care to learn the genus and species, and I don't want to classify or have goals to achieve. I just want to watch, appreciate, and imagine what the lives of the animals are like and why they might be doing this or that. Also numbers and inanimate objects have personalities for me. These things come alive in my mind. When I studied writing and linguistics and wrote poetry, essays, stories, etc., I was deeply involved and published some writing. But overall, I didn't and don't have an interest in the competitive world of publishing. I have felt like a failure so many times because of it. Now I know - it was my hobby, not a failed career. I love editing and tutoring - these are my forever hobbies and have become the bulk of my career. Thank you for helping me understand my life, Wenzes!
I am an Autistic INFJ and my favorite Hobby is Railfaning. I love watching Trains and hearing their Horns
I count the horns and how many they do...usually about 8🙂
Omg I also love to hear train whistle and I love watch train too by counting their boggy
Does shift around piles of books count as a hobby?
Prioritizing yearly reading lists?
Collecting candles and incense?
Art shopping?(or atleast window shopping)
Motivating others to do something creative(or creatively).
Support starving artists / musicians / activists with our inspiration, network and or money / direct engagement
Forgetting to do chores
Analyzing systems (from ecological to socio-economic to organ systems to relationships of ideas)
Juxtaposing systems, insights, experiences(from words, shapes, colors, to movies, proverbs, cosmologies, democracy, biodiversity etc) - essentially poetry
These are all atleast true for me
damn I can relate with all this so much.
Me too lol
This was funny, I make lists all the time.
It's become so bad that I actually use excel spreadsheets, from my budget to my gardening and needlepoint projects. I haven't created a spreadsheet for my books yet, though I like the idea.
Omg! Im a professional optmizer! Every move i make is preplanned so everthing has flow. I always refer to myself as lazy so i work smarter not harder. Every moment of my day has been chopped and spliced and edited rewritten reinvented and customized to my standards! Lol. Born rebel! All the way. I do i want how and when i want . I follow my instinct and intuition in every decision. my moto has always been "f" what people think! 😆 The company i work for allows autonomy with his managment team . I love it because i hate being micromanaged. I love working with and around people, but i despise imaturity and fakeness of humanity!
I used to enjoy hanging out with dad and his going to stamp shows and doing stuff around his stamps. And sitting in kitchen as mom cooked. And mom loved to cook.
I love taking pictures of people in art galleries, just totally absorbed. People don't know how cute they are. Honestly I see people like people see puppies.
Philosophy, psychology, writing, dancing, building furniture from wood, learning something new, interpreting economic news for the stock market, riding a motorcycle although I am fucking scared Sometimes (lol), traveling alone. The Last two were hard Work 😄 but Love it!
I love to watch this guy who once a week, clear the property ( for free)for someone who cannot do it for themselves. It takes almost an hour to cut down overgrown bushes and trees and a lot of mowing the lawn. I will sit and watch this for an hour.
Sounds like a good book title.
"The Ultimate Guide to the Quiet Quit" by INFJ. 🤣
LOL good pick-up.
About 5 - I love doing something new, unexplored, but I struggle with perfection around it. I'm scared I'm not going to do it the best way it can be done and I worry I don't know enough about the subject.
Otherwise I do agree will all 5 points 🎉
I understand what you mean. I have shifted my perfectionism to the process and not necessarily the end result when trying something new. It allows for failing as a learning process which I love.
What are some of my favorite hobbies that seem INFJ-related? Out of the five that you mentioned, rebellion is the one hobby I find myself doing. Not rebelling in the careless way. Rebelling because I am not doing the same things everyone else is doing. For instance: My main hobby is automotive restoration. Most guys will purchase an engine already built and ready to run out of the box and pay someone else to do the things they either don't want to do or don't know how to do. As for me, I take the position of "Built, not bought!". I built my own engine, transmission, and everything else to how I want it to perform and look. I have done everything. I just simply wanted my own touch to it. One of a kind. Like me. I also have done it this way because it's not easy. Yet, I have enjoyed myself. Going against the grain is fun.
Regarding optimizing, I have always described to people that we need to find the easiest and simplest way to complete a given task correctly. Most people don’t get I because we have always been told there is only one way to do a particular task correctly. Rebelling, definitely a part of me. I have never been one to join the crowd and it has served me very well.
Thank you for the new perspective, I now dont feel like a total weirdo since I relate to all 5 of them.
I have always loved watching my sister get ready to go out. From styling her hair to doing her face and choosing a perfume- it just facinates me how much care and self love she puts into a semingly irrelevant event. But to her, it makes her feel good and she just lets me be the quiet observer; I love this more than anything.
I learnt to crochet so that I can have new things to try all the time, sometimes it means pulling it all out and starting fresh all over again just to keep me engaged with the colour set that I had chosen. I have accepted this as part of my hobby and not a set back.
Mysteries are my favourite and many rabbit holes later, I have decided that they are easier to break free from if presentented in a text format. With the number of dissertations I have read, I could have been a doctor by now 😅
Optimization is one that I have always seen as a skill, many companies have benefited from my approach to minimal effort for maximum output.
And finally, rebellion.. this one made me laugh. It brought back a memory of a dream that I had as a teenager where I loudly declared in the middle of a grocery store that I was not a sheep. That I could walk my own path, despite everyone else being part of a train-like curcuit with their shopping carts.
Onwards and upwards with a new perspective ❤
You just described most of my life. (now 90) I've never seen them as hobbies, but you've given me something that I will chew on because it makes sense. I've been called a shit disturber many times over the years, especially when I was a community activist/advocate. I remember once a government employee, whom I knew quite well and liked, approached me on the street and told me that at a recent in-house meeting his superiors told everyone they were not allowed to associate or be seen with me in public places. My reaction was one of mirth and the conclusion that I must be effective in what I was doing. Love your videos Wenzes and enjoy connecting all the dots in my life.
Lol! Are you sure you aren’t ENTP?
You were too intelligent and courageous 😉🙏
Building something from the ground up instead of coming into something already established.
Excelling under stress.
I just recently realize that I am INFJ I’m 51 years old and I’m getting all the answers. I’ve been looking for my entire life since I was a small child and people first started lying to me everyone. It’s very overwhelming, but finally not being alone learning about myself and why I do things the way I do, so far you’re my favorite teacher my entire life I’ve been searching for someone like me some sign that there’s somebody else on this planet like me and I’m finding lots of them. Thank God. Right now this is the most important thing in my life, and it will be for quite some time, I love how you explain things so incredibly clearly thank you maybe I do get to end up doing something good in my life.
I was the same 5 years ago, my whole existence made sense!
It brings some peace of mind....
Maybe you are doing good already...and just don't realise it..
I’m 41 and just finding out as well! I feel so much better 😊
I can’t believe all the years I’ve spent wondering what was wrong with me 🤦🏻♂️
Fist one is really on point. I love to watch people gossip because there are so much going on, they are so excited. But when it comes to, gossiping it feels so wrong, like what I do is against my morale code, so I'm a bad person now 😵💫. This was really confusing for me
Wow thank you for sharing that I feel the exact same way, my friends always joke that I zone out whenever they’re gossiping and in a way I am? I’m not necessarily participating but I love just observing them and being there. I also feel like it conflicts with my own morals and never found joy in it although I do notice that it brings my friends closer, I just can’t justify doing it myself.
I love Art, i love to go to museums, and i enjoy lifelong the hobby photography.
Rebellion as a hobby. LOL, yup.
Optimisation is my obsession. Unfortunately, I often spend more time trying to reinvent the wheel than just doing a task in an inefficient way to get it done.
I have, however, turned my obsession into a profession and so I now work in the field of robotic process automation.
You would not believe how much patience you need to explain over and over again to someone that “if you just click this button once, the rest will get taken care of.”
Fun times 🎉
Thank you so much for this insight, Wenzes! I have been thinking about my "hobbies" as faults! Optimization is not laziness! Seeking novelty is not a failure to follow through. etc. I feel alot better about myself right now. Also, instead of feeling bad about myself for "rocking the boat" by not going along with the crowd, it's time to feel good about my ability to design new solutions and to ignore those people who try to bring me down because they're not comfortable thinking outside the box.
I have a group of close friends. Their passions including: gambling in Las Vegas, astronomy,golf, going on road trips in their vintage car, buying and doing up a house in Spain, singing in a choir, etc. I genuinely love listening to them talk about their hobbies but feel no interest in doing any of them myself. I suspect I’m strange….
When it's comes to people..We INFJ love to solve mysteries, understand emotion and destroy ego.
Similar to Yoda exploring the dark side, but without succumbing to it. I found myself in that position. I observed other people engaging in it and learned from it. I used only my empathy, not actually engaging in it physically. I experienced it, but I didn't genuinely embrace it; my primary goal was to understand the dark side, to comprehend why its practitioners were drawn to it. It was more about gathering information and delving into the psychological aspects of it.
I don't usually leave comments but there's something about the whole video that really left me in awe. Watching this video felt like I was talking to a stranger describing me LOL like how can you know me so well?! 😂 I couldn't agree more about EVERYTHING that is just so me! It made me realize a lot of things that I've been actually doing. MIND BLOWING literally 😅 And it actually kind of explained to me why I think and act and made such decisions a certain way. I made decisions this year where it's kind of rebellious I guess but to me I just knew I had to make that decision now or I would regret not doing it later in my life. I subscribed already before I even got to half of the video LOL I think I found a lifesaver 🥰 I'm glad I found this!
So happy for you! I feel this way, as well. Just this week found her videos, and this one was just so mind-blowingly resonant that I HAD to comment (separately) for the first time.
Efficiency. Do the most with the least amount of effort.
Spot on. I literally switched to your video from a fashion video 😂
I think you could resume the first by we love watching documentary, biopic and reading autobiography
Rebelling meaning "go against the flow" is always my motto.
I have a craft room,evertime i start a craft i bye everything i need for it (as if im a pro😅) then get bored with that and move on to another craft and the same pattern happens everytime...now i have a room full off stuff that i think i will get back into the same craft again,but probably wont lol...
I’m a gay INFJ and I believe studying to be a sacred act. Basically, how monks would learn, study, copy; that environment for understanding. Not in a rush, and in complete silence. I’m 52, atheist, and this is where I am at on my journey to health and happiness. At this point, I don’t know if, or when, people will be a part of the picture. Being alone (not lonely) is where I find myself realizing my potential and endeavors. I don’t need to explain or prove myself to anyone. We have a right to pursue happiness in this country (USA).
I wish I had always known I was an INFJ. When I was a kid I said I wanted to be a systems analyst. I never got to be that but it would have been a great career for me! Analyze, understand, design, repeat.
When I was married I enjoyed observing the reactions of my two ex's to the world; it was like a yin observing a yang. Other than that, really enjoy studying war, history, and the creative process of others.
Well, I'm a multimedia artist.
I am Laughing at Everything You Have Said Because It's So, So, So True-LOL
Bang bang... you nailed it!!!❤️In regards to the first hobby, watching or listening to someone share what they're passionate about for me, is that glimpse into their heart & getting to witness pure joy in action!❤️Thanks for claiming optimization as a hobby, lol, I just thought I was either really lazy &/or perpetually procrastinating!!! My sister & I have driven family & friends crazy with our zest for details!😄 I've never identified it as rebellious, I've left many conversations with the person(s), scratching their heads like "what?" I seldom find myself in discussions, where I don't immediately derail what's being presented to me. I don't mean that I don't listen to what the other's offering. Nor do I come off like I'm superior or a know it all. I genuinely am open to knowledge & therefore I instinctively feel the need to filter the bs out. Then we can have a real conversation/discussion. Then we all be on the right path to, or simply arrive at the truth of the matter! Love your incites!!!❤️ You're a jewel!! ❤️You're the best!❤️
1. Watching a RUclips video about someone talking about something she’s really interested in.
2. Brain teasers.
3. Starting projects but
4. “Use what you got to get what you want.”
5. Buck the trend.
I love to optimize my time in the kitchen n daily routines n seasonal routines...
I do a new thing, astronomy-based astrology... my case studies are extremely precise... I adore looking at the specific auspices of the individual stars (according to the physical science of the stars, by my determination) and HOW THE CELEBRITY LIVES OUT THOSE AUSPICES... it's terrifically inspiring to me... I made it a key part of the methodology in my astrology coaching...
All of them are me, but the first one is funny realization. I´ve always liked watching others do their stuff, I watched my brother play videogames as a kid, watched my father working in garage, my mum sewing, my grandpa drawing, friends doing sports...
I once spent two hours watching a video about siege ladders.
Love this video and can definitely relate with all of this...
I love watching people pursuing their passion, and I love to support them in that even if I lack that myself.
I also absolutely love starting new things and new scenarios, it seems like I always have endless ideas and not much time and energy to give them practical shape.
and yes I don't fear taking the lone road, in fact it excites me. I can see so much potential in the world around me and I wonder why don't everyone question the shitty society we've built around ourselves. you can say my peers view me as rebellious.
I am also very good at learning my potentials early on and not wasting my energies in areas where I feel I cannot excel after a limit r I simply don't have the wish to. that's how I optimize my life and that's why I have like tons of hobbies, like painting, reading, cooking, writing collecting cute boxes and stationary, besides being a medical student.
I love how you gave us hobbies. Not Se, but hobbies nonetheless. I do enjoy photography, some fashion, or dressing nicely, flowers in my home and hygge.
I loved the way you framed this concept tho
I have a habit of thinking and talking to myself all the time. I get so involved in thought and talking it out to myself that i don’t realize that everyone else is starring at me and wondering if I’m crazy
YIKES! fascinating! the 1st blew me away! I have this story with my best friend (who is vastly different) among others. Observing! Yes! ALL 5 I can totally relate to, wild.
I have a hard time watching your videos. No other RUclips channel makes me cry. This journey is fascinating.
This was helpful Wenzes. I have been a life long "optimizer". It is as natural as rain to me to try to make something simpler and easier. Probably because I like to conserve energy and not work harder than I have to. You gave me a Eureka moment because you classified that as a "hobby". Yes! That fits. No matter how hard I have tried to adopt conventional hobbies like fishing, building models, etc. they have never really been satisfying. I think the old adage of "you are what you do" is true and we INFJs just need to be prodded into recognizing it. If you like to re arrange your bookshelf regularly than that is your hobby!
I will watch restoration videos like its crack. Especially furniture and old cars. I have no interest in old cars or furniture, yet I get a lot of pleasure and knowledge from them.
"Look into the Black Box"😎
Creating logic from chaos.
My Hobby is...
Stealing thoughts from people who think them😎
I didn't realize a hobby can exist in mind, and not as a hands-on project...I have a yard full of scrap metal, along with a plasma cutter, welder, cutting torch, and assortment of other tools still In the box... 10yrs +... it occupies me just thinking about the projects, just as much as doing them...
Watching truth thru the filter of others enjoyment. Authentic astatic.
Wow, as an INFJ you are spot on. I am not into fashion at all but I like watching documentaries on fashion and really admire those who know how dress up in a very elegant and sophisticated way.
I also get obsessed with getting to the bottom of some of my peers behavior.
No one will ever quench the fire of my Rebel spirit!
I went through a crazy sock phase in my 30's. Lol. I felt very rebellious with mismatched crazy patterned socks hidden under my dress pants.... it makes more sense now! 😂
These aren’t hobbies, these are characteristics
~ as long as I can remember, I’ve greatly enjoyed watching others open gifts! I always open my gifts last, don’t know why really, except that I like to watch the faces of delight or surprise. And kinda delay my gifts, but…well, not sure why on this part. There’s probably an INFJ reason, lol.
I'm glad I met you in my life, Wenzes. What you said are gold nuggets that helps me get out of the box filled with introyects and religious trauma.
Holy Cow! Right out of the gate you nailed me on the very first one!
I love this one. Infj fun! Im glad to have my interests validated as legit hobbies.
Number 2 was an eye opener. Thank you
Amazing and well-thought out video, thank you!
Enlightening video Wenzes, you have succintly articulated insights I have been circling around in the past years through many experiencies without being able to give them proper shape or meaning, yet you nailed them here with such clarity. Thank you.
Your channel is a blessing 🥹
No. 1 & 3 are really eye opening for me. Overall this is a really cool shift in perspective
1) observing other people doing their hobby. (RUclips indulging of other people’s hobby) observing is the essence. Experience how others feel in this. Not wanting to be or do… but through the other
2)we love understanding mysteries. Not a habbit, it’s a real hobby! You keep searching for a solution till you understand (NiTi loop) it can be something excited, look at it more light.
3) we like to start something new. It seems you can’t stickBUT we love to look in the black box, start anew. We are starters. Not a storekeeper. Create something with little. We have the ability to create new, naturally. Logic out of nothing. Organize it on purpose: to start something new. Fulfiil the need for novelty
4) Optimizing: maximum results with minimum effort. The bare minimum for the best outcome. Wholisticly. How to set up our life… some areas you will not do the bare minimum. You pick the right battle: plan your life strategically.
5) rebelling. Path not traveled, looking in the black box. You are built for it. Our mind does not feel it’s missing something. Use rebellion safe for the parts you want to keep safe. And rebel in the right areas for you.
I am 74. I used to collect people many different people. Now I try to stay on my 1/2 acre months at a time and just watch from my rocking chair on my veranda.
This video is life changing!!! It opened the room for improvement (in self-awareness) that I have been looking for.
I love watching art videos. I don’t do what they do but they give great ideas that I tweak to fit my art hobby.
I’ve started to completely change my décor accessories each month. It fulfills my need for something new.
Wow! What a terrific perspective. Very validating to view these behaviors as hobbies. I especially identify with starting something new and optimizing. I am continually on a quest to optimize my health - researching, trying new recipes, sleep and exercise schedules, etc. With starting something new, I was just thinking recently how much I loved learning to knit a few years ago but now am not as interested in actually knitting. Was trying to figure out what changed or “went wrong”. There was an excitement in learning all about needles and yarn and patterns and stitches, etc. - I loved learning to knit. Doesn’t mean I’m fickle or can’t stay with something, just that I’ve done the part that I really enjoy the most. I’ve done this over the years with so many creative outlets - sewing, pottery, jewelry making, watercolors, etc. It’s so great to have a positive way to understand this and encourage it rather than beat myself up about it! Thanks for the great content!
I can relate to what you say, I love learning new things, observing, planning and creating.
Wow... this is mind blowimg.
I love watching the emotions of love between people, parents with their children, couples and affection for our pets, dancing i love to watch and singing...
Wenzes, your videos have been on fire lately! I love your insights and observations. I definitely resonated with many of the things you mentioned in this video.
- I love people watching. I can sit on a bench and observe all day long. It’s quite fascinating. I also like to learn about other people’s lives and how they live them. Nothing better than watching interesting artists and their routines 😆
- I love to figure out systems and methods to do things efficiently and effectively. Currently trying to figure out how to use Notion to organize my life 😂 This might also explain my love for decluttering, organizing, and making lists. I can spend all day doing this.
- I love reading, watching, listening to people’s life’s stories. I agree with others here about watching documentaries, biopics, reading autobiographies.
- Starting new is my favorite things too! I love starting new art projects, new journals, joining new communities online…
I’ve always considered my observing as a hobby! I’m glad to know this! 😃
Thank you so much. I learned so much. Please continue to speak your truth.
Wenzes you are a wizard at formulating the word combinations to somewhat explain what is going on in our wondrous minds. Like many others have commented before me, you are a true gem.... and a wizard! 🥰
Thank you, I didn't know these were hobbies but they really are my hobbies! So cool, I feel better about myself now :)) Great video
Thank you so much for your videos. They always make sense to me but I doubt if they’ll make sense to another type 😅
I must confess that most of your videos are usually kinda philosophical. Only someone with the ability to reflect and think deeply will watch till the end.
I can tell you have pondered on the topic for a while before drawing any conclusions. You definitely know what you’re talking about! ❤
I cannot even express how helpful your videos are to me right now. I can finally understand myself better and feel reassured that I'm not alone with my slightly rebellious nature as an INFJ personality type. ;) Thank you so much!
YT algorithm suggested this video and I am glad it did. I am an INTJ and I enjoyed learning about INFJ especially our shared penchant for optimization (I never considered it as a hobby). I enjoy the pursuit of optimization whether at work, in relationships, at home cleaning or cooking - designing, implementing, reviewing systems, strategies, and resources to achieve equilibrium without decreased marginal benefit gives me such a kick.
You nailed it! All 5 hobbies describe what I do, ever since i can remember, wow! I realize that my rebellion side is stronger than most and I need to rethink how i use it.
So true! I’ve never had it verbalized before. You helped me see it clearly. ThankYou.
I'm well aware of observing other people, enjoy their hobbies. It excites me to watch their passions unfold, like a personal show
I studied psychology, to hone in on my observation skills safely to appreciate mysteries.
I have the skills to pay my bills, and I will not abandon my inner peace for other people's drama and insecurities in my discernment and capabilities. My freedom in myself while adhering to the general "societal rules" creatively, makes me a target to people's egos all the time. So I risk embarrassment 😸 taking steps towards my goals, is believing it until I achieve it. My actions are my bonds, and my word is my wand. My vision, IS DEFINITELY my north star. I'm an old soul, with a young ass spirit. Making authentic decisions for myself, require some major rebellion and some discomfort with disappointing other people's expectations. Little to no friends, mean no frauds for me. I love my choices, and the person I AM BECOMING. Optimizing my life, is totally my hobby.
Dear Wenzes, WOW, these descriptions hit the nail! I would not have defined those things as hobbies, but rather as personal traits. However, by your approach of labelling these as hobbies, the whole thing gets less 'serious' - and gains the charm of an (positiveley) 'entertaining' game. And you helped apllying this with more 'awareness'.
- I've been a professional storyteller for 20 years: Thus I could enhance my INFJ 'hobbies' of optimization, curiosity of the new and observing others by: Developing and optimizing more than 20 storytelling personae through research and performance optimization, developing a repertoire of 350 stories of traditions from all over the world, observing other professional storytellers from other cultures (30 countries all over the world). - In another job I had the duty for the development of 60 (!!) vocational professions on a masters and professional level.
- my rebellious trait always came out when I had to deal with authoritarian employers, such as a democratically elected minister who treated his own colleagues with daily humiliations or political lies...
Hi Wenzes!! I've said this before and I'll say it again - It's like you can read my mind. Hmmmm...LOL. Your analysis of at least how I think and feel is mostly spot-on. This one vid hits me like exaactly. I'm trustworthy. At times I just need to know how things work is all. It's actuallly comforting to know that I'm not "alone", even when I am. You help me understand myself more than you may know. I 'm tyrying at least. I like what I like and love who and what I love. Sometimes you just don't KNOW until YOU KNOW about some things through experience and connection with others. I feel good about that. Sometimes anxious and a bit aprehensive about how OTHERS feel, but my heart is solid with other things. Anyway Wenzes, thank you for all your help!! Seriously, You're amazing to me...;)
Thank you! -- Spot on ... and now validated!
I have noticed, over my lifetime, that I work in two year cycles. I have a particular skill that I enjoy. So, I take on a challenge that demands my skills and stretches me . . . but once I know how to do it well . . . I'm bored. In corporate settings you will probably not be allowed to challenge yourself in a higher position, 'cause once they've got you excelling in a niche they don't want to change that. I've had a 20 year career where I made lateral transfers within the corp to similar jobs in new towns with different people and different (but still within my skill-set) expectations. Or I'd just quit and move to a different company that needed my skill-set. My "rebelliousness" was seen as "self driven" in my skill-set and was, to some extent, a requirement of the job. Rebelliousness also manifested itself in the creation of useful reference materials or work-flow ideas that were more efficient (once worked for an efficiency expert, enjoyed that). Helping a company make more money by being more efficient is usually considered a good thing.
I'm 60 years old now. I have never had any hobbies, apart from the ones described here by Wenzeslawa. Other than maybe my biggest hobby is that sense of just 'being'.
You sound nice.
Me too
Hobby number 2 is so true. My brother stopped his family from associating with my family bc of politics. It’s been several years & I think about it everyday trying to understand it. My new year resolution was to “not give a fuck” but I still think about it everyday trying to “understand”.
#1 yep… I love watching / researching top level / takumi / masters / G.O.A.Ts of anything. Better yet, researching a topic and finding that hidden “diamond in the rough,” before they get famous.
#4 … I’m lucky! I get paid to do this! I am loaned to various groups to help bring opportunities by optimizing their strengths and helping them measure the steps toward their ultimate goal. Thinking outside the box, drawing on exceptionality found in other disciplines, and changing perspective on a problem will let a group get out of a rut and move forward.