I like learning about the enneagram and utilizing it as a approach to stretch and problem myself.
The largest optimistic change studying about my enneagram quantity made (for me) was figuring out my struggles and pitfalls, and creating my very own hacks to keep away from and overcome them.
The Enneagram Seven is outlined by an adventurous spirit. We’re excitable with a love for studying and a need to expertise something and the whole lot. I attribute an enormous a part of my success in life to a naturally optimistic mindset.
I’ve at all times believed I may do issues which can be above my stage of expertise, training, born expertise, and so forth. Enneagram Sevens can have the reward of confidence in each ourselves and people round us. We’re believers and dreamers!
Generally when individuals who know me first discover out I’m a seven, they don’t consider me. They at all times say the identical factor—that I can’t be a seven as a result of I’m too productive. However they’ll’t see the immense graveyard of forgotten tasks behind me!
It’s nonetheless potential to be very productive as an enneagram seven, with a number of hacks and a powerful assist system.
The downsides of life as a seven are that every day feels too full of recent concepts and tasks. So as an alternative of indulging in a continued obsession, it’s simple for us sevens to leap from undertaking to undertaking, by no means ending something. I’ve have at all times struggled with ending tasks as a result of my consideration span may be very quick.
One other widespread battle of the Enneagram Seven is the necessity to keep away from ache. This comes out in apparent methods (like pushing aside a dentist appointment), nevertheless it goes a lot deeper than that. Certainly one of my greatest hurdles is the purpose in each undertaking the place I notice I’m not nearly as good at it as I imagined.
Like I mentioned above, I may be fairly delusional about my talents, which generally is a HUGE energy. For instance, once I first had the thought to create an app. Most individuals have an app thought of their lives, however most individuals don’t pursue it. Being a seven, I at all times knew I may create a fantastic app, and that perception helped me to get began.
Inevitably, a degree is available in each undertaking the place I notice I’m means over my head and that undoubtedly occurred whereas making our first app, and with each different formidable undertaking I’ve ever began.
Certainly one of my greatest “hacks” for getting by means of that is anticipating the second I need to stop and deciding prematurely that I’ll push past when that second arrives. My sister and my husband (my extra sensible “other halves”) assist me as nicely. It’s so useful on your assist system to know when and the way that can assist you.
My assist system is aware of I tend towards attempting to stop when the going will get robust, they usually assist me push by means of it. It occurs each time.
Although I pressure myself to push by means of on main tasks and commitments, I don’t stay by these strict requirements within the small methods. In on a regular basis life, I settle for myself because the seven I’m and I let myself be distracted and begin too many tasks.
I indulge my must strive the whole lot and I don’t beat myself up for all the numerous tasks that take too lengthy or sit unfinished. I consider that so long as I’m specializing in the massive wins in my profession it’s OK that I by no means end my weekend to-do record. Accepting my weaknesses and never giving them an excessive amount of energy is useful.
Whereas I believe it’s good to seek out little methods to guard myself from my unhelpful instincts, I believe there’s much more worth in nurturing my strengths. One of many issues I like in regards to the enneagram is that it helped me notice my distinctive talents, aka superpowers.
As soon as I spotted my distinctive strengths, I started placing extra of my very own vitality and assets into constructing them up. Over the previous few years, I’ve turned our home into an area that’s made for creating and studying. I needed to stay my life in a artistic setting the place I at all times have what I must create one thing magical.
As a substitute of feeling responsible for all of the tasks I begin and don’t end, I give myself permission to skip round and spend my artistic time working from my enthusiasm. It has turned out to be an exquisite setting for elevating little youngsters.
Some days we bake, and a few days we paint and make collages. We at all times have a puzzle going. We at all times have a half-read e book. We at all times have three (or extra) tasks on our to-do record. I believe it’s an attractive approach to stay life.
It makes me excited for the years forward of me as a result of the largest objective I’ve for getting old is to by no means cease studying and by no means cease making.
I hope this has been useful. When you’d prefer to be taught extra about all 9 enneagram sorts, I like to recommend our podcast episode, Enneagram 101.
Cheers to residing life with enthusiasm and half-finished tasks! Elsie
