leebus99

Princess Arabia makes some good points on labels, but I would suggest you look into 'Pansexuality'. I thought it I was Bi after experimenting with men a few times, but my attraction to women is still much stronger. I am much more specific in the type of guys I am attracted to, and considering myself pansexual rather than bisexual kind of 'opened me up' a little and made me feel like I didn't have to have a 50/50 attraction to the normal gender binary. Another good topic I picked up from a Bi girl my wife and I dated was that she described herself as bisexual but homo-romantic. We could all argue about semantics till the end of time, but point she was making was that she had sexual attraction to both genders, but only a romantic attraction to other women. Perhaps thinking about your own feelings through these terms might help. I would consider myself pansexual but hetero-romantic.

I really liked this documentary. Such a good thing to watch from a Spiral Dynamics point of view as well. I saw it as a great example of Blue vs. Green, but then you've got Ma Anand Sheela who very Orange, kind of battling for power against Osho himself, who is Turquoise (but with a rather strong Orange fondness for luxury cars perhaps!). Also, what happens when you gather a group of people with a strong Red element and parachute them into a Green community. My only criticism of the doc is that it doesn't go very much into Osho's teachings, but I get why they didn't.

I wouldn't worry too much about Blue, I find its more useful as a societal lens than a personal one. Perhaps spend time reflecting on the demographics that are very 'Blue' in your own society and see what value you find in how they operate. I also wouldn't worry about Orange, the western world is so painfully Orange that you'll be 'Oranged' out up to your eyeballs as you go through life anyway. I find I'm constantly drawn to Orange thinking through work, finances, raising my kids, economics, etc. Just keep focusing on developing your 'Yellow' style thinking (mega-threads are great), and you'll continue to understand all the preceding stages more anyway. But remember, the map is not the territory, and Spiral Dynamics is a model, not the ultimate truth. Use it, but don't base your life on it.

Here's a few bushcrafters from the UK, a couple of which are local to me: Craig - East Anglia Bushcraft - Really nice guy, talks a lot about the mental health benefits of the outdoors. Met him at the Bushcraft show a few years ago and he's a really genuine bloke. Simon, A Bloke in the Woods - Been going a long while, good quality video production. Andy - Kent Survival - Big channel in the UK, does a lot of content including lots of different gear/tent testing etc. Mike - TA Outdoors - Really big channel, lots of content but I particularly liked his traditional building videos. I watched all of these through sleepless nights shortly after my daughter was born, and that's what got me into bushcraft. Finally no list would be complete without: Mike - MCQ Bushcraft - A real OG of Youtube bushcraft, Oldest video is 11 years old so he's a @Leo Gura generation Youtuber. Channel is inactive now, but he still does the odd stuff on a different channel focused on overlanding. This channel has a lot of really good instructional videos, as he used to be an instructor for quite a few years, so good content for any newbies out there.

If a life coach just tells you what to do, they are a shit coach. /thread

Sounds like you know what's important to you (family/dad), sounds like you know where you want to be in the near future (back in Italy) sounds like you know what you're good at and can earn a living with (teaching guitar), sounds like you know you want to do in the future (help people, learn about spirituality), sounds like you know the problems you are creating (overplanning), and sounds like you know what you need to be doing right now (focus on your studies and see what happens). So my advice is, follow your own advice! Trust yourself, stop worrying about things too far in the future, and enjoy the now.

A personal observation: marketing yourself as an Andrew Tate supporter could be very bad for business. Some people will struggle to see past that. I think a lot of the things that Tate says that people find valuable are just regurgitated from somewhere else. So perhaps dig a bit deeper into the things that resonated with you and see where they originated from. Branding yourself as a big believer in Stoicism and Marcus Aurelius' number 1 fan is a lot less polarising and will paint a very different picture of you. That's just my two cents. Best of luck with your venture and I hope it brings you much joy.