The Pocket Enneagram

Find the feelings that are numbed by inessentials such as TV, errands, and other ways of postponing action.

Recognize this passivity as anger.

There’s the familiar solace of sitting and watching TV.

Participating in group activities can be a comforting way to feel included and loved. It can also be the place of greatest laziness for social Nines, because the energy that could be spent in meeting personal agendas is instead shunted to activities.

means being lazy about life. Decisions are difficult when conflicting opinions appear to have equal merit. Attention cycles from central issues to secondary matters. You get sidetracked to chores and backlogs of unfinished business. Your momentum slows, and without your realizing it, a holding pattern develops. Energy for primary goals gets siphoned off to secondary activities.

there’s a certain pride in being the favorite, the trusted confidant, someone who can tame a tough case

Twos have a talent for making people feel good about themselves

Twos grow by discovering what they want. They grow by being alone.

Rejection is so painful that you try to get back into favor

All you know is that rejection feels like annihilation