🪵Welcome to The Thinking Log

Hey there,

Welcome to The Thinking Log!

This is me, Greg. This past December I got laid off from my tech job in Boston. This past January I moved to Wyoming to ski for the winter. And this past May I worked on a French farm for a month. Along the way, I found myself fascinated by masculinity & how it impacts my life. Weird right?

I think so too. So I’ve created a brief interview with myself to help you understand why you’re reading this and what to expect from this blog in the future.

I hope you enjoy and I might also hope you subscribe!

So Greg, Why’d You Start a Blog? 🙄 

When I started going to therapy to unpack the figures of masculinity (my dad) in my life (more on that later), I realized that dudes like myself don’t know how to talk about their feelings. That’s a serious problem.

I believe the standards of masculinity no longer serve what it means to identify as a male and unfortunately, the data proves something is horribly wrong.

So for the past two months, I’ve been researching & interviewing therapists, college counselors, and male students to understand the challenges that male identified people face in todays world.

While I don’t have all the answers, I’m excited to share my findings and hope to spark a conversation about what can be done to get guys comfortable with their feelings. Hopefully we can work together to improve the state of men’s wellness and meaningful connection in our lives.

What is The Thinking Log? 🤔 

Well it’s a great double entendre, but that wasn’t on purpose.

The Thinking Log started my sophomore year of college. My friends and I were on a rainy walk in the woods when we stumbled upon this log (pictured below) that inadvertently provided us with a foundational place to gather, to laugh, to listen and to connect in a more meaningful way.

This blog is just the written representation of our experience on The Thinking Log.

What Can We Expect? 🙂 

Every Thursday you’ll receive a new blog post from me related to masculinity.

Before you smash the unsubscribe button, masculinity is the umbrella term I’ll use to explore my curiosity in loneliness, stigma, emotion, and what it means to gather as a community. All inputs that directly impact male mental well-being.

I do have an immense interest in music, skiing, and soccer so you might see some of that as well.

The goal of this blog is to learn a ton and to help others do the same.

Your feedback is always welcome, and if there’s a topic that you want to hear more about, please contact me!

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I’m grateful (and stoked!) to have you here.

Talk soon,

Greg

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