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Life as an ENTP.

By TMC – November 7th, 2024

To be an ENTP is to live as a bundle of contradictions. You’re the personality type that can charm a room one minute and crave solitude the next. You fit in everywhere yet feel at home nowhere. You’re capable of almost anything but held back by a fickle sense of motivation. Often, it feels like life is a string of opposing forces, always tugging at you from both directions. 

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Fitting in Everywhere… Yet Nowhere

As an ENTP, I can engage with anyone, adapt to any situation, and blend in where needed. But while I fit in, I don’t always feel like I belong. I can connect deeply, yet there’s a nagging sense of detachment a part of me watching from the sidelines, analysing and adjusting.

Arrogant, Yet Painfully Aware

The confidence that comes with being an ENTP often walks a fine line with arrogance. I know my strengths, yet my faults are always in clear view, as if a quiet voice keeps reminding me not to get too comfortable. Self-assured, yes, but self-critical to an extreme.

Capable of Anything, Motivated for Nothing

ENTPs have endless potential, but that can feel like a burden. I’ve learned I can master anything I set my mind to, but my mind doesn’t stay in one place long. It craves novelty, shunning routine. This push and pull between capability and motivation creates endless frustration an itch that can’t be scratched.

Witty and Charismatic, With a Low Tolerance for People

ENTPs are often the life of the party, quick witted and charismatic. But there's a limit. As much as I love discussing world events, I need space. The paradox of an extrovert who fiercely guards their solitude makes it hard to explain to others why I disappear after a great night out or dodge social calls.  I am the most introverted extrovert. 

Great Advice, Rarely Followed

Here’s an irony: ENTPs are fountains of wisdom. I’ll give you advice that could turn your life around, yet when it comes to my own, I stumble. Knowing what to do and feeling motivated to do it are miles apart.

The Sleepless Nights of an ENTP

Since I was about nine years old I knew I was a night person. Doesn’t help that I have insomnia. With a mind that’s never still, sleepless nights are almost inevitable. Every idea, observation, and emotion collides in a constant, restless churn. The very traits that make us engaging, insightful, and dynamic are the same ones that keep us from peace. I mean take right now the time I am wring this blog is 3,22am.

In the end, the paradox is a unique struggle. It’s the price we pay for living life on a different wavelength seeing patterns, ideas, and opportunities others may miss but often feeling like we’re adrift. As much as it frustrates those around us, the sleepless nights and endless contradictions are nothing compared to the quiet battles within..