18 October 2023

We should start a war says the hungry and well fed young man for different reasons. It’s my job to come up with a compelling story that redirects that energy for good. I have gotten a lot of religion since I last published my writings online, toiling the soil and having a kid will do that. I plan on getting even more religious moving forward. My philosophy is “read and write”, the next question might be, “read and write what?” well the singular answer here is the bible. The more complicated answer is that reading and writing only the bible is hard, to maintain that over time is holy. Part of me writing this blog and my online presence turning on is me trying to be a better person. I believe writing this is better than mindlessly consuming, ideally this branches out to consume all of my hours with constructive activities. What else could life be about? Spending it how you best see fit. I’m going to be reading a lot of religiously tied books, my goal is to seriously increase my reading. I’ve been practicing a speed reading technique that I’m going to commit to and starting a word a day on my instagram to strengthen my vocabulary. Of course Shakespeare will be here. Since the baby was born I’ve done my best to read a page of Shakespeare. We already went through Hamlet and Mid Summer Night’s Dream. Currently I’m Much Ado About Nothing and from the day she was born I’ve been saying a monologue from Romeo and Juliet. I had to read out loud for my sister’s wedding, that went well I’m sure with help from reading all of these books out loud. While my wife was pregnant I started reading Paradise Lost out loud at night one page a day, that was the hardest hump to get over but has granted articulate benefits.