Decided to elevate today! Blue dress shirt under a Brooks Brothers camel lambswool sweater vest. A beautiful paisley, madder silk tie from Brooks Brothers. A tweed sports coat and brown corduroy trousers on top of some brown suede loafers. Feeling good!

well my dear friends, as you know how open i’ve been about my struggles before, it’s now time. been waiting for this far too long but with a new year in full swing… …it’s time for me to rebuild my life officially. i’ve been able to make great progress and started laying out my proper foundation, but now it’s time i started to add to it. while admittedly, these years have been difficult for me, i’ve lost all semblances of my old life, i don’t look at it negatively anymore. rather i see it as a phase of burning and self destruction, to make room for something bigger. ive had my phase of the dark ages, now its time for a renaissance. a rebirth and a rebuild, to claim back what i’ve lost and build it into something more. this will be a long rebuild in all directions, in my personal faith and religion, my physical ability, my style and appearance, and my mental capabilities, which include my creative and rational mind put together. so far i’ve put together a good list of the stuff i want to start learning and reading: while im aware this is a secular community, this first section is for my fellow followers of Christ, although anyone else is welcome to read it too :) Firstly, i’m going to be studying the Bible much more deeply and frequently now, as well as studying its original language meanings. the chapters i’m reading though: Genesis 1-3 Exodus 25-31 1 Kings 6-8 Psalms Proverbs 8 Ecclesiastes Ezekiel 40-48 John 1 Revelation 21-22 the primary reasons i picked these sections is because they tie deeply into my goals of rebuild and rebirth, and they also delve deeply into the beautiful, poetic symbolism and metaphors of the Bible, Creation, architecture, and our connection to the divine. The bible i’m currently studying is the King James Version, as i know it’s english friendly and also deeply poetic and beautiful in this sense, but to my Christian brothers do you have any recommendations for a specific edition of bible to study? I’m a Christian but not one who rejects any other denomination, so i’m open minded to study any kind. Some aid here would be great :)