P and J Eaters

This is about Meyers-Briggs.

In case you are not familiar with it, M-B is a system of personality categorization. You take a test and it gives you a 4 letter word that describes many aspects of your personality. One of the letters can be a P or a J. P stands for Perceiving and J for Judging.

I am very, very P. This makes me terribly interested in figuring things out and learning all about things. I do not have a problem with changing my mind - if it seems like the right thing to do. I don't believe there is the "one right way" to do things. Or even the best way. J's are the opposite. They like to stick with the right way. P seems to stand for Procrastination to them, and J for Just Right. Variety is not important.

Many of the CR Society folk eat the same "perfect meals" every day. This is a very J thing to do. It is righteous - and I don't mean that in a negative way. But, this would drive me insane. One of my favorite things to do is to try new foods and go to interesting restaurants. So, I do CR like a P. It's all about learning. Every day is a new CR learning day for me. More choosing and experimenting. Variety. P is about Perception, not Perfection.

So, I have come to realize that I know a lot about food as a result. I've spent hours on the Web looking up recipes for ethnic foods and analyzing them. I see how my choices resulted in a high nutrition Zone-ish day - or did not. No day has been exactly like another. I can wing CR. I can CR on the road.

So, the perfect tool for me has been my diary tool. My diary tool is like my microscope for food. Each day is like a specimen, put under the lens for examination. Very interesting to a P. But, I am thinking that J's would probably rather have menus of preconstructed "good meal days". So, my new tool is for this. I am making a J tool. The patterns I have learned from my P studying make me able to think of many, many variations of CR. I hope these will be useful for everyone, especially you many wonderful Js out there.