55. You often feel overwhelmed 

Not really.  ‘nuff said. 

56. You complete things methodically without skipping over any steps 

That’s the ideal. Unfortunately, my brain doesn’t always go according to script. I like to blame this on my creativity, but I’m not the most detail oriented guy you’re ever going to run across. That’s part of the reason I resort to making lists as much as I do- it’s an attempt to make up for my natural lack of organization.  

So I’m not sure if the statement is supposed to be evaluated more on where I am right now, which would include steps taken by me to counteract my nature; or if it’s meant to evaluate my natural state. I’ll go with the first since that’s where I think I’ve answered most of these. Even then, I’m gonna land myself just one step over from neutral towards the disagree, so a 5. 

57. You are very intrigued by things labeled as controversial 

Hmmm, good question…. or statement. 

I mean, at least on the political questions, I’m aware of how much ‘team think’ we can fall into, and I’ve determined to not just blindly listen to what my own side says about an issue. For this reason I’ve decided to read up on Socialism from its sources. I want to know what they actually said and believed, and evaluate the beliefs on their own merits, not by listening only to what people on the conservative side have to say about it. The same goes for so many of the big topics today: whether it’s critical race theory or trans ideology, I want to know what they actually say, and be able to restate their beliefs even to their satisfaction. Only then can I have any chance of reasonably confronting the parts that I have problems with. 

There may be other things that I’m less interested in that would be controversial. But even then, I’m basically unwilling to comment on things unless I know something about them. Otherwise I’ll just end up sounding like an idiot to the people who do know the topic.  

It also dawns on me that perhaps this could be understood as being drawn to a controversial opinion or something. Perhaps how much of a contrarian I might be. I will have to admit that I do have something of a contrarian I might be. In this sense, I’m much more conservative. I’m interested purely in the sense of trying to understand where people are coming from, not in participating in them .

Almost done. One more set of statements and then it’s on to the test results.