Oh Snow! The Media Hype of “Jonas” and How Different Personality Types Handle It
Maybe it’s the Cleveland girl in me, but snow has never been my enemy. Snow is just what happens come November and continues until Spring even if there isn’t a “deadly” polar vortex swirling around the globe. But having spent 25 of my adult years on the East coast in New York City, I’ve always been amazed at how terrifying the little white stuff is to people who live there and all points south of it. Save destructive hurricanes and tornadoes, I love a good storm, love the crazy wind in the trees and I love the big fluffy stuff as it coats the land into a winter wonderland of Narnia and Mr. Tumnus and all things magical. Maybe it’s just me, but maybe it’s a personality type thing. Because even my anxiety prone Organic Freedom grandmother always loved a good storm.
Snow is rare on the east coast south of Boston, so I realize that’s why they fear it so much, but also with half the population being Classics, snow storms are a practical nuisance and so it’s probably why there’s so much hysteria around these possibly catastrophic “State of Emergency” inducing storms. Well that and ratings. But in Dario Nardi’s book Neuroscience of Personality Type: Brain Savvy Insights for all Types of People shows how certain personality types actually thrive in “State of Emergencies.” These are the ones who don’t like to structure their outside world as much as Classics, those who eschew To Do lists and making plans ahead of time like Organic Structures and Smart Structures. That leaves Funs, Organic Freedoms and Smart Freedoms whose brains actually enter a “green” sweet spot zone when unexpected events descend. And frankly these are the types who often tend not to pay much attention to the media hype and go hiking in the woods without provisions during a blizzard but somehow manage to survive because of some ingenious thing they do on the fly.
Meanwhile on the east coast all the grocery store shelves are bare because the “Little Red Hen” Classics have properly prepared for armageddon, ahem I mean big scary winter storm Jonas, while all the Funs, Organic Freedoms and Smart Freedoms have cleared the shelves of all the sleds. Just remember that after you’ve sled down the hill, WALK UP THE SIDE. The Cleveland girls in me and my sister do not understand why this has to be stated, but it’s the same principle as standing on the right and walking on the left on an escalator.