forty-two
02-19-2012, 07:28 AM
Title says it all :yes. How many ongoing projects do you (usually) have going, and what is your personality type (or why do you prefer to have few/many WIPs)?
But if you want the Highly Relevant backstory ;) - it's me, *of course* there's a backstory :lol - then read on.
I was doing a search and came across an old thread in which someone, AoL I believe, said that she had sworn up and down that she would *never* have more than one project going at a time. WonderWoman kept saying that someday it would happen, but she was adamant - *never*. But she had to eat crow - WW was right - she cast on for a new project while another was still OTN :giggle.
When I read that I was all :hunh, because the idea of only one project at a time had seriously *never occurred* to me :doh as a default state of affairs, let alone as a *desired* state :scratch. I believe I had multiple projects going approximately one week after learning to crochet, maybe sooner :lol. Having multiple WiPs was a foregone conclusion. There's so much to do, so many interesting projects out there! Besides, you never know what you might be in the mood to work on at any given time - you need multiple projects for variety :yes:lol.
Anyway, I was wondering how personality plays into it.
(My theory is that it is an S/N thing - don't laugh, there are *good reasons*, it has *nothing* to do with my current focus on S/N :snooty:lol - as well as potentially a J/P thing. Sensors are more step by step, one thing at a time, while iNtuitives are more flitting around, seeing all the possibilities, easily sucked in by the...ooh, shiny!...new idea :giggle. Having three zillion open projects and working on them all - being *comfortable* with that - seems very N to me :shrug3.
J/P I think factors into the related factor of how many do you actually finish. I'd guess that it's more important to Js to finish all they start, which could potentially limit how many they start, even if they would otherwise want to - if not finishing would bother them, they'd be more choosy in starting.)
Thoughts? :popcorn
But if you want the Highly Relevant backstory ;) - it's me, *of course* there's a backstory :lol - then read on.
I was doing a search and came across an old thread in which someone, AoL I believe, said that she had sworn up and down that she would *never* have more than one project going at a time. WonderWoman kept saying that someday it would happen, but she was adamant - *never*. But she had to eat crow - WW was right - she cast on for a new project while another was still OTN :giggle.
When I read that I was all :hunh, because the idea of only one project at a time had seriously *never occurred* to me :doh as a default state of affairs, let alone as a *desired* state :scratch. I believe I had multiple projects going approximately one week after learning to crochet, maybe sooner :lol. Having multiple WiPs was a foregone conclusion. There's so much to do, so many interesting projects out there! Besides, you never know what you might be in the mood to work on at any given time - you need multiple projects for variety :yes:lol.
Anyway, I was wondering how personality plays into it.
(My theory is that it is an S/N thing - don't laugh, there are *good reasons*, it has *nothing* to do with my current focus on S/N :snooty:lol - as well as potentially a J/P thing. Sensors are more step by step, one thing at a time, while iNtuitives are more flitting around, seeing all the possibilities, easily sucked in by the...ooh, shiny!...new idea :giggle. Having three zillion open projects and working on them all - being *comfortable* with that - seems very N to me :shrug3.
J/P I think factors into the related factor of how many do you actually finish. I'd guess that it's more important to Js to finish all they start, which could potentially limit how many they start, even if they would otherwise want to - if not finishing would bother them, they'd be more choosy in starting.)
Thoughts? :popcorn