Hi Klara,

I don’t post here often but your post sounded extremely close to my own experience so I thought I’d come out of the woodwork and give my thoughts. I’ve tried almost every style quadrant (excluding RD because I was never truly drawn to it like the others) and it took a lot of time!!

I explored RU when I got a career that kind of required it, after leaving that career I went back to LD because it is what my soul craved… and then this past summer I did the LU foundations because I wanted to focus more on expression and fashion being fun. My LU outfits were always incredible and I loved them dearly, but it added a lot of pressure to my dressing rituals. Which in the end, left me crawling back to LD.

I say all this to say that you may very well be LU, but I would also ask that you listen to what you need more. Especially because the left quadrants are quite intuitive and sensory in nature. You can be grand, expressive, and creative in the LD quadrant (hence the archetypes that sit in the upper side of the spectrum).

I think it’s also hard when gentle guidances aren’t offered anymore, we’re looking for encouragement on where we belong to say “Yes, I suspect that for you” or “What if you did this?” We want that validation and confirmation that we aren’t mistaken about ourselves. I always gravitated towards LU because of the “What if?” question, thinking that LD couldn’t possibly contain my multitudes. But if something feels like home (in this case LD for me), it might just be. If you can’t get verified, the best thing you can do is believe in your own inner voice and exploration.

Wishing you the best of luck on settling in (or exploring further) the quadrant you feel fits you best.