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Leisure
Favorite Pastimes
Believe it or not, the favorite INTJ leisure pastime is "Taking classes." Amazingly, INTJs indicated
that they liked "taking classes" more than any other type liked any other leisure pastime. We'll look
into why this might be in the school section.
Aside from taking classes, INTJs enjoy "appreciating art," "Playing with computers or video
games," and "Working out/exercising." They were strongly underrepresented for "Watching TV 3
hrs or more per day." 10 The liking for exercise seems to come from their Judging side, since ENTJs
also preferred this, while neither of the NTP types did. INTJs favor individual exercises more than
social ones; they enjoy walking, running, lifting weights, and biking. If exercising outdoors, they
prefer to seek out remote areas. (The more solitude, the better, it appears.)
Reading
The more intuitive a person is, the more books they read (intuitives read something like 30 – 40 per
year). 11 As one might expect, INTJs enjoy reading both books and material they find on the
internet. A survey of 3,311 type-interested internet users found that NTs were the type most likely
be reading a book at the time they took the survey (read here). 12 If the data was broken down by
gender, however, it turns out that female Rationals were the most likely to be reading a book of all
temperaments, but male Rationals were actually beat out slightly by the Idealists.
74% of NT women were currently reading a book
70% of NF women "
65% of NF men
63% of NT men
61% of SJ women
58% of SP women
49% of SP men
48% of SJ men
Rationals were also the type most likely to have checked out a library book within the last month;
33% had done so compared to 29% of NFs, 21% of SJs, and 20% of SPs.
NTs enjoy science fiction, books about politics and society (particularly NT men), literature, fiction
and mysteries/thrillers (particularly NT women). Surprisingly, Rational men do not like science
fiction the most of all temperaments/genders—this honor falls to Idealist men. And this in spite of
the fact that INTs are the types that most like Star Trek, as we shall see in a later chapter.
Being deep thinkers with excellent taste, Rational males also appreciate the virtues of comic books
and graphic novels. (Self promotion: Oddly Developed Types webcomic.)
Videogames
Cultural stereotypes would have us believe that videogames are a mindless activity that saps the
free time of children, stealing away their love for reading and causing abject failure in school.
Which makes it absolutely hilarious that INTJs, who love reading and excel in school, are also the
10 Myers, McCaulley, Quenk & Hammer, 1998
11 Hicks in Myers, McCaulley, Quenk & Hammer, 1998
12 Parent, 2012