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Read Your Enneagram Challenge
January - February 2023

What is an Enneagram Type?
/ˈenēəˌɡram/
noun
noun: enneagram; plural noun: enneagrams
a nine-sided figure used in a particular system of analysis to represent the spectrum of possible personality types.

The Enneagram is a personality theory describing nine strategies by which the psyche develops a worldview and relates to self and others. Each of the nine "types" has a basic fear, basic desire, and predictable behavior pattern in times of stress and security—all of which shape motivations underlying behavior.

Here are the 9 types:
1. Perfectionist/Reformer
2. Helper/Giver
3. Achiever/Performer
4. Individualist/Romantic
5. Investigator/Observer
6. Loyal/Skeptic
7. Enthusiast/Epicure
8. Leader/Protector/Challenger
9. Peacemaker/Mediator

You will work your way through 8 tasks based on these prompts.

Challenge Prompts:
1. Enneagram Island
2. Traits/Characteristics
3. Careers
4. Self-Care
5. Saturday Night Fever
6. Coffee
7. Disney Princesses
8. Harry Potter

Already know your Enneagram Type? Great. You are all set. Comment below and tell me what it is.

Not sure what your Enneagram Type is? No problem. You have 2 options.
1. You can choose which type you think sounds most like you. You probably already have a pretty good idea of what your personality and character traits line up with.
2. Also, you can take a free test at https://assessment.yourenneagramcoach.... You do have to provide your email address and the site will send your results by email, as well as immediately on the screen. You can then unsubscribe. There are other free sites as well as several paid sites that you can test at.

Note: These results are meant for fun & enjoyment with this challenge. They are not scientific. :)

Challenge Rules:
📘No graphic novels, poetry or cookbooks allowed.
📘 Standard Rules Apply
📘I will create an individual thread for you prior to the start date.
📘Your first prompt will be posted on January 1, 2023.
📘Books must be completed after the task has been posted.
📘Sign-ups open through January.
📘Post any questions you have in the Q & A Thread.

Welcome to the Read Your Enneagram Challenge! Many times the type we are seems spot on and other times it feels completely wrong. Either way, knowing your Enneagram Type is a fun way to look at our personalities and quirky character traits.

In this individual challenge, you will work through 8 prompts over the next 2 months. You will go at your own pace to complete as many as you can. Enjoy reading your way through the prompts related to your Enneagram Type! :)

Each time you complete a task, you will post it here in YOUR OWN THREAD. Please copy the following example for your Completion Post.

Prompt:
Book:
Author:
Date Read:
Pages:
Task:
How it Fits:

If you have any questions, please post them in the Q & A Thread.

Enneagram Island

Let's start off with an overview of your Enneagram Type 4 Island.

Type 4s are often called sensitive and withdrawn. They are expressive, dramatic, and temperamental. Take a look at the locations on your island. Do they ring a bell?

Some famous Type 4s include: Frida Kahlo, Billie Eilish, Rumi, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Prince, and Rihanna.

a. Read the fourth book in a series.
b. Read a book with a 4 in the total page number.
c. Read a book that has the author's first and last initial in INDIVIDUALIST.
d. Read a book where an MC's first or last name begins with a letter in ROMANTIC.

Prompt: 1. Enneagram Island
Book: The Sorrows of Young Werther
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Date Read: Jan 2
Pages: 149
Task: b. Read a book with a 4 in the total page number.
How it Fits: 149 pages

Traits/Characteristics

Now that you've had a fun, light-hearted look at some of the basics of your Enneagram Type 4, let's look a little bit deeper. Do any of these statements listed above sound familiar to you?

a. Read a book that features a family.
b. Read a book where the MC gets emotional.
c. Read a book where the author's first and last initials are found in the word EMPATHETIC.
d. Read a book with a creative character.

Prompt: 2. Traits/Characteristics
Book: I Capture the Castle
Author: Dodie Smith
Date Read: Jan 4
Pages: 408
Task: a. Read a book that features a family.
How it Fits: The book features the Mortmain family including James, Topaz, Cassandra, Rose and Thomas as well as the Cotton family including Mrs. Cotton, Simon and Neil.

Careers

Now that you know more about your Enneagram Type 4, let's look at some careers that are well-suited to you. Do you happen to work in one of those fields already?

a. Read a book where an MC designs or photographs something.
b. Read a book with a character who has or is an assistant.
c. Read a book where an MC's first initial begins with a letter in DESIGN.
d. Read a book where the author's first and last initial in found in PHOTOGRAPHY.

Prompt: 3. Careers
Book: Lady Susan
Author: Jane Austen
Date Read: Jan 5
Pages: 180
Task: c. Read a book where an MC's first initial begins with a letter in DESIGN.
How it Fits: MC whose first initials begins with a letter in DESIGN: Susan Vernon

Self-Care

Now that we looked at careers, let's have some down time and do some self-care. As an Enneagram Type 4, do those suggestions strike your fancy?

a. Read a book where an MC is romantic.
b. Read a book with the word DREAM in the text.
c. Read a book where a character practices self-care of some type.
d. Read a book from your favorite genre.

Prompt: 4. Self-Care
Book: It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters #1)
Author: Tessa Bailey
Date Read: Jan 7
Pages: 379
Task: b. Read a book with the word DREAM in the text.
How it Fits: Pg. 23: He wouldn’t have fallen in love with her, and this lavish lifestyle of theirs would be nothing more than a dream, while Maureen existed in some other, unimaginable timeline.

Saturday Night Fever

You've done some self-care and you're feeling pretty good. Now you want to have an enjoyable Saturday Night doing some of the things Enneagram Type 4s love to do most! Can you see yourself doing any of the ideas listed above?

a. Read a book where an MC cries.
b. Read a book with a TV on the cover.
c. Read a book with a day of the week in the title.
d. Read a book with SATURDAY in the text.

Prompt: 5. Saturday Night Fever
Book: The Adventure of the Murdered Midwife (The Early Case Files of Sherlock Holmes #1)
Author: Liese Sherwood-Fabre
Date Read: Jan 9
Pages: 342
Task: d. Read a book with SATURDAY in the text.
How it Fits: Pg. 97: “Saturday, dear,” Father said, opening his eyes as well.

Coffee

You had a long, late night and now you need some coffee to help you wake up. Do you like to drink the type of coffee shown for your Enneagram Type 4?

a. Read a book where an MC drinks coffee.
b. Read a book with coffee on the front cover.
c. Read a book with a mostly brown cover (your discretion).
d. Read a book with the word WHIPPED in the text.

Prompt: 6. Coffee
Book: The Day of the Jackal
Author: Frederick Forsyth
Date Read: Jan 10
Pages: 416
Task: d. Read a book with the word WHIPPED in the text.
How it Fits: Pg. 347: He whipped the little car through the mountain byways, finally emerging on to the RN8 eighteen kilometres south-west of Egletons on the road to Tulle, which lay another twenty kilometres ahead.

Disney Princesses

After your delicious cup of coffee, you want to relax with a favorite Disney Princess movie. Do you agree that Alice sounds like you as an Enneagram Type 4?

a. Read a book where an MC is sensitive or feels self-pity.
b. Read a book with a character who deeply feels their emotions.
c. Read a book where an MC's first initial is found in SELF-EXPRESSION.
d. Read a book with a female MC.

Prompt: 7. Disney Princesses
Book: Wild Refuge (Yellowstone Shifters #2)
Author: K. Panikian
Date Read: Jan 11
Pages: 228
Task: c. Read a book where an MC's first initial is found in SELF-EXPRESSION. & d. Read a book with a female MC.
How it Fits: MC whose first initial can be found in SELF-EXPRESSION: Sienna Wilder & Female MC: Sienna Wilder

Harry Potter

Ahhh, let's round out this challenge by curling up with a good book. We can often find characters you we share a lot of traits with. You are an Enneagram Type 4: Individualist/Romantic. Do you think you are like Luna in any way?

a. Read a book where the author's first and last initials are found in HARRY POTTER.
b. Read a book with a pink cover.
c. Read a book with 4 in the publication date.
d. Read a book with MPG of YA.

Prompt: 8. Harry Potter
Book: A Moveable Feast
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Date Read: Jan 12
Pages: 240
Task: a. Read a book where the author's first and last initials are found in HARRY POTTER.
How it Fits: Author’s first name starts with E and last name with H, both can be found in HARRY POTTER

Congratulations!



You made it! I hope you enjoyed this challenge and maybe you learned something new along the way. See you again soon! 😊