EMBRACING OUR DIFFERENCES

Fascinating and Weird — On Never Fitting In

Too much for one box, not enough for another — so what now?

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I’ve never really fit in anywhere. That’s the story of my life, really. Family. School. Work. Relationships. Online. You name it, I’ve stood on the outside looking in. It’s not a sob story, but it’s also not a quirky, “I’m unique!” self-congratulatory one either.

It’s just the truth.

I’m an INTJ which is the of the Myers-Briggs personality types for women. About falls into this category with females making up only about of that. So yeah, I’m already an endangered species.

Add to that the fact that my life has felt like a patchwork of parts, cobbled together like Frankenstein’s monster, each more uncommon and distinct than the next.

Never married. No kids, and I’ve always had too many interests. Too many directions. I was a multipotentialite before the term even existed. Before it became some badge of honor in a Pinterest board. Growing up, I felt like I was supposed to pick a lane. But I didn’t. I still haven’t.

Always off the map

My story starts with blue-collar roots with a dad who couldn’t read or write…