https://sashachapin.substack.com/p/a-brief-personal-introduction-to
https://sashachapin.substack.com/p/talking-enneagram-7-blues
(this write-up is interesting to me bc am I seven? The entusiast?)
The most important finding for me: what if I actually stuck with things that were hard?
if you totally devote yourself to someone or something your own limits might become visible—and that too would be painful
what is enneagram?
you are “ruined by your gift – unlike other personality systems, which seem to exist to tell you how you’re special, the Enneagram is there to tell you how you’re sick. Each type centers around a fatal flaw that’s also virtue.
sevens are enthusiast
We are great. We are also so fucking annoying. We are the eternal children: full of life and optimism and energy, endlessly social, able to lend buoyancy to even the most devastating circumstances, the people who are willing to play our piccolos into the lingering smoke of recent artillery fire. However, we can also be total flakes, fleeing any discomfort, using people for temporary emotional affirmation, and then disappearing at the sight of trouble.
sevens are great but also
And, crucially, I didn’t see it as a flaw inextricably linked to my strengths, so when I perceived my flightiness, I thought of it as something I had to deny and be ashamed of, rather than harness, embrace, and reform.
From Rorh description: Sevens are not specialists, but “generalists.” They always have several irons in the fire, because they always want to leave all their options open and unconsciously want to avoid committing themselves too deeply to a thing or a person. In depth they always see pain lurking for them. Besides, if you totally devote yourself to someone or something your own limits might become visible—and that too would be painful. Thus many Sevens master the art of bluffing; they are all-around dilettantes and evoke the impression of being many-faceted in their gifts, of knowing all about everything. A handful of facts, cleverly combined, sometimes suffice to create a comprehensive image.
how they can be uncomfortable with normal discomfort?