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Every once in a while I come to conclusion there is something wrong with me - of how I view and interact with the world and so I have to take action to reaffirm that I"m not weird, I'm just a very small minority of people who think, collect data and extrapolate into something that makes logical sense. I first learned of the Myers-Briggs Personality Types when taking Psychology 101 in college. I tested as a majority INTP and a minority ENTP . Over the years I've learned the amount of sleep and caffeine greatly controls which one of these personality types is in charge on any given day. Some days, like today, I'm a strong INTP while other days, I'm a more socially acceptable ENTP. Why "more socially acceptable"? Because the world is built for extroverts. In retrospect, this explains how I was so frustrated as a child all the time. My mother and brother are strong extroverts, while I just wanted to be left alone. But, I was never alone - I was always...