Spring (almost Summer) update
These past two months have been full. Highlights include:
- Celebrating the 4th anniversary of being married to the amazing and beautiful Robin Kinney
- CPE Unit 3 of 4. For those who’ve ever done a Clinical Pastoral Education residency, you probably know how intense this unit can be. I can hardly wait until those summer interns come to help lighten the load
- Learning about the Enneagram, a facinating personality typing system that’s way better than Meyers-Briggs. I’m a 9; how about you?
- Upgrading to the Pentax K10D camera, just before the rebate ended!
- Flirting with purchasing a medium format camera system and shooting film for the first time since my childhood (looking at the Mamiya 645 system right now)
- Selecting classes for the PSR Fall semester (mostly MDiv required ones)
- Enrolling at Laney College to take some photography and art classes in the fall!
- Enduring a water leak which spread into our unit from a vacated apartment across the hall
- A wonderful First Congo Oakland spring retreat in the Marin Headlands
- Starting the Artist’s Way, gleaning a wonderful sense of creative recovery so far, and writing my morning pages (almost) every day
- Starting a LIFE (”living in faith everyday”) group at First Congo focusing on contemplative prayer and meditation
- Surprising myself by getting up into handstand for the first time in yoga class without any help
- A visit from Robin’s mom
- A cross-country skiing trip to King’s Canyon National Park, enjoying 5″ of fresh powder on the trail
I am looking forward to the continued warming of the weather, getting outside more often, the extended daylight hours, and more time with Robin once her school year is done in June. May the warmth and clarity of the California sun be with you all!
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Grant :: May.04.2008 :: life update :: 5 Comments »
I’m a one and social variant (but you probably knew that)
I’m a toss-up between 2 & 7 (1 pt. higher on former than latter), with relatively even scores throughout ‘cept for 4, 6, and 9. I didn’t really see myself in the description they give for a 2, though. Hm.
So, why is it you prefer this to the Myers-Briggs? I’ve lots of experience talking about/thinking in terms of the MB, but this is the first I’ve heard of the Enneagram.
I heard from A that you just finished your internship and are now a working stiff. Congrats!
I think I see myself primarily in the Sexual (’Attractive’) Variant, although the idea of moving through various social circles and adapting to local conditions they mention in the Social Variant hits really close to home. Guess that’s the Third Culture Kid/Global Nomad in me. Hmm…now I just gotta find someone to shell out the qwan for me to take these tests — I’d like to know for sure!
Oops…I meant Sexual (’Attraction’) Instinct and Social (’Adaptive’) Instinct. I knew I should’ve double-checked those names BEFORE posting.
Hey Tim,
I still have the summer unit of CPE to do and then one more year of seminary, but the whole thing feels close enough to being a “working stiff” sometimes that I’m happy to receive any congratulations now.
I like the Enneagram because it doesn’t put you in a box–it gives you a type, a path of integration (and disintegration), and a whole myriad of other relationships among the types to consider.
Hope your caving trip was awesome.
G