January 3rd, 2023 I have a goal for 2023 to understand more about my sexuality. I have always been drawn to women I find attractive and I desire intimate relations with them, but I have often not really understood why I felt that attraction. I didn’t understand what it was that made me attracted to …
January 3rd, 2023 I’ve been doing some reflecting and life planning and have some tentative stakes in the ground. To start this discussion though, I had written the following sometime early in Deember: “I am really not enjoying life right now and I don’t know what the root cause is. I feel like I’m wasting …
September 26th, 2021 I went to a friend’s wedding yesterday and I wanted to write about some of the things I felt while attending. I left the reception feeling a bit dejected about my marital prospects and I wanted to explore why I felt that way. To start, the wedding took place in a catholic …
December 30th, 2020 I’ve been thinking about attraction, sexuality, and relationships and I think I’ve come up with a good way to break down a few things. I don’t know if this is universal, but it makes sense to me. For me, there are three types of sexuality/sexual attraction/normal attraction (I’m not quite sure specifically): …
November 5th, 2020 I just finished reading Volume 1 of A History of Religious Ideas by Mircea Eliade and I wanted to write a review, but first I wanted to have a quick discussion about some thoughts that I’ve been having recently. I had breakfast with someone who I would consider a conservative Christian this …
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October 25th, 2020 I was thinking about The Social Dilemma on Netflix and I somehow got to thinking about another show on Netflix called Explained and specifically the one episode they have on cults (which is also on YouTube). I don’t wish to summarize the episode here, but it was essentially about famous cults, what …
October 24th, 2020 I had lunch with my pastor recently and we got talking about some of the things I’ve been working on and why I’m working on them when it came to my reading of the Bible. It was a good conversation that I very much appreciated and I wanted to take the time …
October 11th, 2020 I am currently reading Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves. It was recommended by a colleague of mine who is starting an executive coaching business. I will be completing part one of this action plan which involves listing my scores from the Emotional Intelligence Appraisal test, picking one EQ …
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September 7th, 2020 I wanted to write a quick post about a thought I had with regard to finances and marriage. Firstly though, I had a thought about families that are highly religious and keep their children from living with their boyfriend/girlfriend until they are married. I’ve often thought that this somewhat counterproductive as it …