Colton Kim Simpson

  Mens brains versus womens brains. I watch this youtube video once (I will include the link below) anyways this youtube video is of a comedian entertaining his audience with his comedy routine. Have you ever heard the saying “it’s funny because it’s true”, good because this skit was beyond funny because it is so true.  In this comedians show here you used a visual display to explain the difference in men and women’s “brains” in their ways and method of thinking. On one's display he has the man’s Brian demonstrated with boxes. When men think we are usually organized by topic. For example he says when we’re at work we go to our “work” box and we open it and we don’t think outside of the box.  When we go home we close the work box and open the evening box. We are in the world we open. Men often don’t open more than one box at a time. Women however he illustrates as a big knot of yarn, all twisted and tangled in itself. Women are thinking about everything all at the same tim...

During our lecture today, we discussed a  typical situation that often occurs in the daily lives of those families around us and not surprisingly in our own lives. Very often a family's financial status or financial desires demand the “money maker” of the home to sacrifice their time at home in order to put more hours on the clock, as a result they lose quality time with their family. Sometimes, this is a necessary action on behalf of the source of income. It’s a hard decision, and should be planned out and agreed on by the entire family. This decision affects everyone in and even out of the household, people have to step up, family members take on more responsibility, and if done in unity this experience can strengthen a family, likewise it can also tear a family apart. This common scenario requires unity and love in order to end stronger than before.. Unity is a broad word, when I think of unity I think of clear, concise communication, and thorough planning. Whoever said, “It’s m...

Today in class we talked about Marital adjustments within/ after the first  six months, year, when children are born and when children leave the house. Some of these adjustments, just to name a few, were financing and budgeting, time management, communication, and understanding pre existing habits and lifestyles. As we talked about the myriad difficulties of newly wed life / married life I was surprised when I realized that living with your “forever”, in reality, is not and will not be all “butterflies and rainbows”. Needless to say, I was taking notes. I don’t think even my own family situation will prepare me for the adjustments after marriage. I grew up in a big family, my parents had ten children, I was child number eight. In my family the age gap between the oldest to youngest sibling was around 20 years, there were seven girls and 3 boys, and a majority of my siblings in my family were adopted. Everyone one in my family was so different in every way. With so many personality ...

The other night my friends and I watched the Marvel movie, Shang Chi. In the movie, Katy (Awkwafina) remembers some wise advice her mother gave to her, "If You Aim At Nothing, You Hit Nothing." Today, as simply as possible, I want to talk about “Being intentional”, in regards to dating. Let's first ask, why do we date? I like to compare dating to an ice cream shop. A good ice cream shop has lots of flavors; likewise, the earth has so many different personalities/ people. I’d be sad to think I’m the only one who, when going into an ice cream shop, samples ALL the flavors! I just want to pick the tastiest one! Sometimes, I *think* I know what flavor I want, but to make sure, I “scoop”/scope out the competition. I learn that I might like a specific flavor because it's sweet, thick, smooth, nutty, or strong. I might not like a flavor because it’s too salty, plain, soft, or bitter. After adequate and thorough research, I THEN choose the flavor of my liking. Finding your “s...