My Personality

Oddly enough, I think other people can tell me more about me than I can. I can tell you what I like doing but usually it depends on my mood. If I'm happy, I'll probably give you a good response. If I'm stressed out, I'll probably get really irritated really quickly (though I realized it's only with my parents. I need to work on that).

So I took a series of right-brain/left-brain quizzes to see which area I fit better. I think I'm more right-brained than left. This means that I'm better at like the visual/audio stuff like drawing and music rather than the logical/verbal stuff like math and writing (this a large over-generalization though because right-brained people can do math, it's just they need to visualize it first). But then again, that's not really the case with me either. They say that right-brained people have a hard time with geometry proofs and I liked those things.

This article was kind of crazy though for me because I had a really hard time trying to see the ballerina spin counterclockwise. But once I got it to spin the other way, it was easy for me to switch back. So does that mean I'm much more right-brained than I initially thought?

This article gave a breakdown in like qualities of either hemisphere:

Left Brain	Right Brain
Logical Sequential Rational Analytical Objective Looks at parts	Random Intuitive Holistic Synthesizing Subjective Looks at wholes

In the end, it doesn't help me because I feel like I'm a bit of both (I think all people are) and I don't think it's reason for me to suddenly become a musician or artist.... gaaaah none of it helps. It makes me wonder if being a literature professor is the wrong choice for me because apparently I suck with words. I mean yes, in speaking perhaps, but I do enjoy writing......

Anyway I took another quiz and read some more articles on it and I've decided I'm definitely more right-brained than left. However, I do have left-brain qualities so I guess I'm a bit of both? Though mainly right?

I suppose I should pursue my right-brained interests more. I think it makes sense though if you look at my hobbies (they're all art or music related...). Hm.

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This is one of the coolest quizzes I've ever taken (because when they ask me questions like "are you better at algebra or geometry?" or other questions like "do you follow directions?" I usually don't have a clear answer). This was like an IQ test with no right answers!


Auditory : 52%
Visual : 47%
Left : 36%
Right : 63%

You are moderately right-hemisphere dominant and have even preferences between auditory and visual processing, traits that might make people perceive you as "slightly off balance."


You are most likely to be slightly disorganized, a "dreamer" and a person who focuses more on the end result than the immediate task at hand. You are creative and spontaneous if somewhat lacking in direction and focus. You are a learner who is generally patient and a person for whom time is an ally, not an enemy.


You are more passionate than most people with regard to life and learning and recognize your own intuitive abilities. You have sufficient goal-direction to satisfy yourself and guarantee success without being or feeling driven. You are willing to be reflective about yourself and others without getting lost in rumination.


The balance of your sensory modes allows for both learning and expressive capabilities achieved by few. You are active and "seeing" while retaining an equally strong propensity for being reflective which slows you down a little but allows for a more comprehensive perception and analysis of situations and problems. You do not spend excessive time analyzing since you mostly trust your perceptions.


In all likelihood, you have a tendency to overcommit and cannot understand why others get upset since you operate on a different "time table" than they do. Your organizational abilities are frequently overwhelmed by the stimulation seeking and active nature of your mind as well as by the tendency to create new categories and gloss over details, making categorization and classification almost impossible at times.


To the extent that your career path allows for creativity and abstraction as well as a bit of disorganization, you should find yourself equipped to handle any learning that is required. Your own personal adjustment to your style should come naturally although you are likely to feel frustrated by your own limited discipline and often wonder "Why?"

I feel like this is one of the first personality quiz that was pretty accurate. I mean a lot of them are more or less right (depending on my mood) but this one I think pretty much gets it! I like the "slightly off balance" bit. :)