Fried.
So right now I’m sitting at that place I come to at the end of every semester – the place where my brain shuts down to almost everything but studying for exams and resting. Usually my creativity takes the biggest hit, mainly because my creativity has been burned out on papers and exam questions. That’s why I haven’t posted in a week, though I’m happy to say that this is the longest break since coming back to the scene last October. I’m feeling good about this blog, and I’ve got some plans for willkinchlea.com in general that might bubble up to the surface at some point soon. Or maybe not, no promises.
See you all soon.
This entry was written by , posted on December 11, 2008 at 12:55 am, filed under Blog and tagged Blog, exams, Life. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Wow, I’ve been doing this blogging thing for a long time now.
I was doing a standard “Look yourself up on Google for kicks and inaccuracies” today and my #1 hit is my old blog on Blogger. This blog started back in June of 2005 and went around 90 posts a year (pretty good) for ’05 and ’06, but due to the business of life, ’07 saw 10 posts.
It’s great to go back in time and see what you wrote and how you wrote it, to see how you have changed over the years. People who journal seem to get this idea and they are really keen on it. Ironically enough, I just can’t commit to writing in a book – I blank every time – but the internet? pass the keyboard. In this most current look-through, I can see how I felt, how I came about answers, and how wrong I was about so many things (unlike now, where everything I write is clearly Holy Writ).
One thing I did notice, however, on the older blog, is that I used to write prayers for myself and others. I think I might start doing that again.
Moral of the Story: Keep your old writing – you’ll always get something out of it, even if it’s only humiliation.
WK
This entry was written by , posted on October 27, 2008 at 12:33 am, filed under Blog and tagged Blog, Life, Will Kinchlea. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Why I haven’t posted lately.
Patman the Pat recently accused me of being too busy with real life to post.
Frankly, kind of true, as I spend on average 14 hours a day most days of the week working, schooling, and travelling. Weekends are also generally a bust. Those extra few precious hours at home? Non-working internet access.
I did want to mention one thing though: http://www.willkinchlea.com
I’ve decided to buy my own website domain and server space. I’ve decided I need more customizability than what wordpress.com or blogspot.com or any other blogging site can offer. I’ll be porting over stuff there soon, but for now, enjoy Tyndale University College’s 2nd Annual Summer Rock Paper Scissors Tournament as http://www.willkinchlea.com.
WK
This entry was written by , posted on June 12, 2008 at 7:32 am, filed under Blog, Internet, Life and tagged Blog, Internet, rps, Will Kinchlea. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
My Lady Friend
Parting from the talk of spiritual discipline, I thought I’d talk about something that is much more pressing to me right now. What is more pressing than my own spiritual discipline? Well, my wedding, of course.
For the long-time readers of the blog, they may remember that for a time, I wrote a weekly column I called The Life of the Single Christian Male. It was centered around being a young man who was discovering the joys (and hardships) of being ok with being single.
Well, that ended a year ago last October(ish). I met a girl who was completely unlike me: mischievous, sly, super goal-oriented, and well-planned. And hot. Way hot. I fell in love. Now we’re getting married.
We’ve been talking a lot about the future (as we should), mostly career/vocation-wise (though twins runs a fair bit in both family streams it seems – yikes), and I’m pretty sure we’ve decided on the ‘taking turns’ style of life-sharing. In the coming two years, we finish our (her) schooling. After that, we’re going to do something cool, like work in an orphanage in Africa, if possible. Then, most likely, I’ll do a Master’s and get to work in a school somewhere so Christine can do what she wants, which at that point may be kids. Not sure yet. Luckily, we’re pretty fluid.
From time to time, I’ll be referring to the Lady Friend/Wife/Girl/Her Royal Hotness in reflective posts about life, and I’m debating maybe even starting the Life of the Married Christian Male, if she lets me talk about that kind of stuff. Point is, I felt that I should introduce this part of my life to the readers who don’t me personally.
This is Christine, and I love her.
WK
This entry was written by , posted on May 14, 2008 at 9:10 pm, filed under Blog, Life and tagged Blog, Life, Love, Marriage, Will Kinchlea. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Spiritual Discipline
As I’m sure the majority of you know, I am the Student Council President for Tyndale University College 2008-09. With this post comes some pretty heady stuff – I’m still coming to grips that I am actually representing 450-odd students to Administration, Faculty, Staff, and, to a lesser extent, the Community at large. I don’t want to go into this lightly.
So, on top of the logistical work that needs to be done this summer (a.k.a lots of meetings), I will be preparing myself spiritually in the coming four months. To do this, I’m going to need to adopt a few spiritual disciplines.
Being a Christian University, all Student Leadership members at Tyndale are to adopt 2 Spiritual Disciplines, one of which is observing Sabbath. The other is one of our choosing.
Sabbath, for me, is way easy. I know how to disconnect. I’m always trying to make those boundaries a reality in life and so keeping Sabbath for me might mean an extra step. A more literal Sabbath. I’m going to think about that one, and see if I can’t come up with something later.
The other discipline I think I’m going to pursue is the use of icons within meditation. More on iconography and the meditation of icons later as well.
I think on the whole, I’ll be looking into all of them and trying them out on a weekly basis or something. I’m really into the old stuff these days – traveling the old ways is my pursuit for the Summer. Come join me, you may learn something.
WK
This entry was written by , posted on April 29, 2008 at 6:44 pm, filed under Blog, Life, Spiritual Disciplines and tagged Leadership, Sabbath, Spiritual Discipline, Tyndale University College. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
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