Adam Garrett

I am a full time real estate agent most of the week and am a youth minister on Sundays. I have the sweetest girlfriend on the planet. For those that don't know me, I'm a unique blend of intensity, serenity, and levity, depending on the situation! My interests and activities are equally as diverse, from art, to research, to water sports, to hunting. This section is organized in the following fashion: 1. Personality type and communication 2. Memory 3. Quest for Truth 4. Philosophy and Life Pursuits (If the length of my "About Me" section is too much, I recommend skipping to this last part) Personality type and communication: I'm a Myers Briggs ENTX (Extroverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiver/Judger). While a natural ENTP, I've become more of an ENTJ over time as I've seen the benefits of planning etc. As a natural ENTP, I prefer for folks to be very direct with me. For instance, if anyone sees any error on my part, I appreciate people telling me plainly whatever they believe that I'm doing wrong or could do better, whether a moral issue, a spelling or grammatical error, or otherwise (Proverbs 9:8). I tend to be rather direct with others as well, so please don't ask me something unless you want the truth! ENTP's are also known for being nonconformists, challenging accepted cultural norms with experience, research, and other data accumulated over the ENTP's lives. I value functional utility over cultural conformity to a higher degree than most, which is at times met by opposition and misunderstanding, particularly among the more ethnocentric. I'm a Strong's SAI (Social Artistic Investigator). At times I delay responses to non-functional emails or messages. Please attempt to exercise patience with me and not take offense. This is one of my major vices. Please attempt to understand that I try to favor what I need to do outside of social media over Facebook and email, and do not always get back to people promptly via these mediums. If I take too long or never respond, it's probably not anything about you and there's probably nothing wrong with what you said so a call or text would be appreciated. Memory: My memory is one of my lesser faculties, which makes for some interesting re-introductions when I don't remember someone's name or face. My weaknesses are matters that I seek to appreciate more in light of the reality of the heightened dependency on the Rock of my Salvation necessary to make up for my gaps (2 Corinthians 12:7-9). Quest for Truth: As a natural ENTP, I love to ask the question "Why?" and am on a constant quest for objective truth. I believe that study, intentional experience, and critical thinking regarding commonly held cultural values is very important in arriving at Truth, meaning, and Love (Agape). It is easy to overestimate the logic inherent in thought and action, while underestimating other factors. It is easy to be blinded by normative experience and status quo bias (naturally denied most often as they occur) among other things. Despite my relatively dogged attempts to counter such bias with diverse research and experience, I am too often blind due to these and other reasons in many regards. Truth apart from relevance is of minimal consequence, which leads into my last and most important segment. Philosophy and Life Pursuits: While my tendency is to chase after pleasure, which I certainly do, I have seen from experience that true joy does not come from such things. The pursuit of instantaneous gratification merely whets your appetite for more. The nations with the highest rates of depression are among the most affluent. I have become convinced that man was born to serve, in a world where suffering, selfishness, meaninglessness, and apathy are integrally related. True joy is found in true Love, a concept rather foreign to our br

Christianity, Philanthropy, World Hunger, Poverty Alleviation