Now that my 31 Days series has wrapped up, and I can stop feeding my children popcorn for breakfast (kidding! mostly…), I’ve got a ton of great links from the past month stored up that I want to share with you. I’ll try to narrow it down to my absolute favourites!

Housecleaning for Artists, Creatives, ADHDers, and ENFP’s… and oooh I Defy Fly Lady! @ Elizabeth Esther :: “As an ADHD/ENFP, I already have issues with hyperfocus. I am a multi-tasking cleaner and can accomplish a lot in a short period of time if my parameters are a little larger. So, I do 15 minutes on the whole kitchen. Sure, my sink isn’t shiny, but my entire kitchen is generally picked up. Frankly, I don’t need a shiny sink. I need a just-clean-enough sink. For my personality type, general tidying is far superior to one, tiny, perfectly spotless sink.”

{Being an INFP, I loved this little bit of insight and guilt-reliever! I’ve blogged before about not having a perfectly clean house, but I’ve never linked it to my God-given personality. I love it!}

Caring For Your Introvert @ The Atlantic Magazine (first found at this lovely friend’s blog) :: “The worst of it is that extroverts have no idea of the torment they put us through. Sometimes, as we gasp for air amid the fog of their 98-percent-content-free talk, we wonder if extroverts even bother to listen to themselves. Still, we endure stoically, because the etiquette books—written, no doubt, by extroverts—regard declining to banter as rude and gaps in conversation as awkward. We can only dream that someday, when our condition is more widely understood, when perhaps an Introverts’ Rights movement has blossomed and borne fruit, it will not be impolite to say “I’m an introvert. You are a wonderful person and I like you. But now please shush.”

{FAVOURITE paragraph of the month… the entire article is fantastic and so insightful – love it!}

An INFP Goes to Church @ SortaCrunchy :: “I am an INFP, and this is how I go to church. I’m an idealist, a dreamer, a healer: the type who wants to make the world a better place, who wants to see unity and wholeness and love emerge out of brokenness. I dwell in possibility and get all starry-eyed dreaming about Big Ideas.  And because I’ve been steeped in the study of Christian Education for 15 years now, I am captivated by Big Ideas about The Church.  My idealistic self loves to ponder The Church as it could be.  As it should be.  Where believers gather together to worship and pray and encourage and love and correct and strengthen and hope.  An INFP’s vision of the ideal church is beautiful, glorious, intoxicating.”

{Well. That explains a lot. My church post brouhaha could have been avoided had I just read this post first. All of my quirkiness and angst can probably be neatly wrapped up with a nod to personality type. Oh how I love MBTI. Such self-validation!}

For When You’re Tempted To Just Lose It With Your Kids @ The Gypsy Mama :: “What is it we seek in our homes? Justice or quiet? Maturity or mere tranquility?…Parenting is a process of regular disturbances for a high and noble end. … We are to train and instruct our children. Training is sometimes painful, occasionally noisy, usually bothersome, and always purposeful.” ~Devotions for Sacred Parenting, Gary Thomas.”

{I love Lisa-Jo’s reflections on this real and honest subject. Beautifully written, encouraging, and challenging.}