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Dackery Williams

Ms. Cunningham

Brit Lit

10 January 2019

The Three Wrecking Balls of My Life

The three challenges I face when dealing with my three Enneagram types The

Peacemaker, The Investigator and The Enthusiast which all reflect on my life. The challenges I

face with these three enneagram types are trying to be calm as a peacemaker, I have trouble

facing the way life is going for me as an investigator, trouble with being an enthusiast. These are

the three challenges I face and will discuss in the essay "Challenges and Temptations."

As a Peacemaker I struggle trying to be calm, when I am out with friends they tend to do

something that can make me mad and I realize sometimes that I go too far when I'm angry at

them even when it is a minor situation, when I am angry don't see it that way so I make it into a

bigger situation. I realize when things like this happen it kind of ruins a friendship that I have

with them at times and it changes the way we view each other as friends and this affects my life.

This struggle can also affect my goals because In the long run it didn't solve anything by making

a bigger problem or situation which affects the goals of friendship as a whole and now this can

put me in an image where people start to dislike me as a friend. I can prevent being angry and

staying calm by pointing out my angry tendencies before they escalate into something major. I

have to come to a realization that getting angry won't help any form of a bad situation and

figuring out that it is best to remain calm and look for a way to solve the situation.
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Being an Investigator puts me in a position where I cannot handle my life problems like

finding out what I am going to do when I graduate. I feel that it is me against the world at times

when there are problems that can be too difficult I tend to try not to close out them but It just

makes it worse in the end. It gets involved with my goals because I do not know what I want to

do when I actually become an adult and out of high school and it becomes stressful and thinking

about it too much. To deal with problems like this I need to actually sit down and think about

what I will do by looking at choices between starting a job or going to college. As an

Investigator, I need to stop overthinking things and find ways of relieving stress like listening to

music and being more socially interactive like talking to more people.

I have trouble with being enthusiastic at times sometimes because I don't really interact

with people enough. For Example, when friends want to go out and do fun things I would

sometimes decline the offer and just be alone and this brings down my enthusiasm and

happiness. I also find myself being less passionate about things than others sometimes I could

also be a negative person even when people are very positive I just turn out to be a negative

person. I understand what I need to do to become more enthusiastic about things as an enthusiast.

I need to learn to be more passionate about things by being more passionate about what I want to

build myself up to as a human being. As an enthusiast, I need to be a lot more enthusiastic by

going out more and hanging with friends and just interact with my peers. This also leads to me

being proud of what I am doing to build a positive and passionate mindset.

In Conclusion, as a Peacemaker, I need to center my main focus on trying to push myself

to remain a lot more calm about things and finding a solution that is better for the greater good.
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Next, as an Investigator, I need to focus mainly on how I am going to live my life as I get older

and go through all the hardships that might be in my way. Lastly, to be a better enthusiastic I

need to surround myself with more enthusiastic people and friends that can help me become a

more passionate and living life a lot more positive and less negative.

Works Cited

Lamb, Sheri. “How to Address Anger Issues in a Relationship.” Our Everyday Life, 27 May.

2018,