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User:marathoner452 (1787510) Paid User
running down a dream
...from Maryland to New Orleans
Name:aka "Maryland"
Location:New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Birthdate:08-03
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Bio:My philosophy in life is simple: "Don't ask, it is what it is." Take life as it comes, don't overthink it too much, and unless someone is hurting you let them do their thing and you do yours. Easier said than done sometimes, but I find I'm much happier for it.

I was born and raised in Maryland, small-town America where everyone knows everyone else. It wasn't until I moved to New Orleans that I realized how much I needed to get out of there.

I graduated from St. Mary's College in 2005 with a degree in history and 3 months later started working for the Red Cross as an AmeriCorps disaster education volunteer the day Katrina hit. I volunteered in New Orleans 3 times before I realized I needed to move there. I moved to New Orleans on August 16th, 2007 to become an elementary school teacher. I'm currently attending the University of New Orleans, working on my elementary education certification.

I've run 6 marathons and 9 half-marathons because running 26.2 miles is what I call a good time.

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Almost Perfect- INFP

13% Extraversion, 73% Intuition, 20% Thinking, 13% Judging

So, you want to make the world a better place? Too bad it's never gonna happen.


Of all the types, you have to be one of the hardest to find fault in.
You have a selfless and caring nature. You're a good listener and
someone who wants to avoid conflict. You genuinely desire to do good.


Of course, these all add up to an incredibly overpowered conscience
which makes you feel guilty and responsible when anything goes wrong.
Of course, it MUST be your fault EVERYTIME.


Though you're constantly on a mission to find the truth, you have no
use for hard facts and logic, which is a source of great confusion for
those of us with brains. Despite this, in a losing argument, you're not
above spouting off inaccurate fact after fact in an effort to protect
your precious values.


You're most probably a perfectionist, which in this case, is a bad
thing. Any group work is destined to fail because of your incredibly
high standards.



Disregard what I said before. You're just easy to find fault in as everyone else!


Luckily, you're generally very hard on yourself, meaning I don't need
to waste my precious time insulting you. Instead, just find all your
own faults and insult yourself.

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If you want to learn more about your personality type in a slightly less negative way, check out this.



If you want to argue with me usually facts and reason don't work. If you can come up with a compelling emotional explanation of why I should do what you say, that's far more likely to be effective. I put people ahead of rules. I believe there are many things that neither we as individuals nor science can explain. Call me naive, tell me I care too much, but we INFPs are going to change the world.

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