INTJ Overachiever? Or just burnt-out?
It's your INTJ older sister again. I graduated in Chemical Engineering a few years ago and now a Researcher in Nanotech and Material Science. Very INTJ if you ask me. I don't think there's ever a time when I didn't know what to do with my life. Maybe in high school, sure. But over time, I grew to learn what I want in life. INTJs have set up choices A, B, and C upon graduation. Or at least that's what I experienced. INTJS can't allow for themselves not to know what to do after a big milestone. So even the option of "taking a break" is a planned choice. INTJs naturally overachieve. They're talented, skilled, or have a unique gift that's only attributed to them that put people in awe. They didn't want to do it. If possible, they could've chosen not to overextend themselves. That's on INTJ though; they are aware of the poison they picked. And yet they will still go above and beyond. But that's the thing INTJ. You cannot afford to overachieve behind the scenes in your workplace. It sounds noble, but what you're doing is leading yourself to the inevitable burnout. Worse, putting your health at risk. I KNOW YOU'RE ON YOUR 5TH CUP OF COFFEE EVERY DAY. And if you don't overachieve, you like to butt into people's business because you think offering them advice or showing them how it's done would be "efficient". They don't care. Focus on your own job, finish it, and clock out ON TIME. STOP DOING OVERTIME FOR FREE! You're not overachieving, you're OVERWORKING. You cannot build a legacy when your system is barely holding itself together.