I'm going to be going to a Christian church for the first time in I don't even know how many years. The things we do for family.
It's actually a Unitarian Universalist church, which welcomes people of all religions, not just Christianity, though the church authorities and service are Christian.
I got myself into it while talking to one of my sisters about religion. We were both on the page of not liking the "born in sin" judge, judge, judge mentality of the Abrahamic religions, yet she loves the fellowship of churches. She described the kind of church she wanted and I immediately thought of UU. So I did a quick search online and found 5 congregations within a 20 minute drive of us. Seems it is the cutting edge of progressive religious thought in the South to be UU.... heaven forbid Buddhist or what have you.
Anyway, I mostly get people to stretch into new areas of their lives by taking them to things that stretch them, so I invited her to join me at a service there week after next, and she agreed. So off I go to church.
I don't really mind, though I do regret I'll have to be up and out by 10am that day. Retirement has made my mornings rather lazy and slow, and I like it like that. But if it will help her connect with a religious community she vibes with, well worth it. I shouldn't need to keep going.
I think I may have managed my last meeting of my Magic Lab last week. So now I'm back to happily keeping my spiritual practice to myself. Fundamentally, I like to fly solo on such things. Not sure why.
Crypto Update
I wonder if I'm becoming a bitcoin maximalist. I observe that altcoins used to represent 50% of my crypto portfolio, but are now only 20%, and that's not because I've sold altcoins or bought more bitcoin. That's how much bitcoin has risen relative to altcoins.
I still will hodl it all for at least a few years, but I definitely won't be buying more of anything but bitcoin and when I suggest crypto to others now, I only suggest bitcoin.
I think for all other coins, they really need a usage that has gained widespread adoption before their market will be mature enough to interest me now. I don't mind foregoing some of those early larger gains to have fewer total wipeouts. I finally did sell out of OMG a few weeks ago, feeling they just weren't even trying to be competitive enough to succeed. I think that's the only coin I've ever sold at a steep loss just to be rid of it. For the most part I'm considering that 20% a Hail Mary play.
How about you?
Are you still buying into altcoins?