Nuntii #1 – Welcome Back

I aligned the virtues with my life, focusing on things I personally find more meaningful than the original virtues. I think this puts me on a good path.
The sins and virtues are further divided into Obscuritas (Darkness) and Lux (Light), which actually adds a small twist to the whole concept.

Why this system?

Briefly, the “why”: I love categories. I really like putting things into boxes because it makes them more tangible for me—and easier to understand. But above all, it helps me observe how my thinking and emotional state change over time.
Where is my focus at a given point in time? What affects me, and to what extent? In positive or negative ways, and through how many shades of gray does all of this run? And so on.

This blog is not about labeling my thoughts or emotions as good or bad. That wouldn’t really be possible with this construct anyway—and certainly not with my mind. It’s more about stepping from light into shadow and back again. Because you’ll notice sooner or later that posts in the “Lux” section are not necessarily positive, and posts in the “Obscuritas” section are not necessarily negative.
A small example: Ira (Wrath) can also be something positive and stand for self-control. And Spes (Hope) can represent how exactly that is lost. Nothing in my categories will be clearly good or clearly bad. On the contrary—the boundaries are intentionally blurred.

In the future, the blog is also meant to be a place to write about things that have moved me. For example, an experience, or a film or game that stuck with me. And that, too, will sometimes be challenging to fit into one of the 14 categories.

Publishing rhythm and preparation

On the homepage, you can see how many posts have been published in each area—both in Lux and Obscuritas, as well as in the individual sins and virtues.
Whew. That was a lot just for the introduction and a basic explanation of the new concept. And there’s still a bit more to see.

I won’t be posting out of obligation—even if it may seem that way this month—but only when I have something to share that truly occupies me. I no longer want the thought in the back of my head: “You have a blog. You really should update it again.”
More like: “This is on your mind. Do you want to share it? Yes / No / Maybe.”

Still, I want there to be one post in each area by the end of January. That’s why I pre-wrote fourteen blog posts at the end of December, all of which will be published every two days starting tomorrow, January 2, 2026—beginning with Caritas and ending with Ira. They cover many topics, some of them very similar. I hope someone might take something away from them.
The topics range from work to sexuality and self-image, all the way to fundamental philosophical questions for myself. Working so far in advance was very exciting.

Along the way, I changed many things repeatedly: paragraph styles, the number and type of subheadings, and so on. So there will be some back and forth in the early posts, as I’m still finding myself again in my writing.

Languages and existing projects

Now for something completely new: languages. In the future, my blog will be bilingual—German and English. I originally wanted to add a third language: German, adapted to easy-to-read language.
Why English is fairly self-explanatory. Since many of my followers are neurodivergent, I also wanted to offer simpler texts.

Unfortunately, financially it wasn’t possible to extend the tool I use for translations on this blog to a third language. Nevertheless, I have saved all blog texts up to and including the end of January in all three languages. Maybe I’ll still find a way.

But something old will remain. I merged the former special projects “Awareness & Respect” and “Take My Hand” into a single project, which is still available at:
https://g-wie-gerry.de/take-my-hand-awareness-respect/

I also took the time to translate all previous posts in these sections into English.

It’s important to me to keep these projects available, even if they haven’t been used very often so far.
They continue to focus both on experiences from the queer community (A&R) and on requests for help with life or similar issues (TMH). And again, the note applies: I am not a trained psychologist and offer advice solely based on my own life experience.

Other posts—apart from A&R and TMH—from before January 1, 2026 are displayed in a gray design. They will no longer be edited and can no longer be commented on.

In closing

I’m now at around 1,000 words and don’t want to keep writing much longer. Still, I want to leave readers with one thought:
I write here about my psychological limitations. About what I feel. And even if you get the impression that I’m “unhappy” or “angry” because of you, that doesn’t have to be the case. This is about giving my mind some air. About sharing it with the world—and maybe someone recognizes themselves in my thoughts and finds the courage to write something themselves or to give their own mind more room to speak. And if you do take offense, then maybe that’s just how it has to be. I think.

It will happen often enough that I’ll think to myself: “If I write this, it might make person X sad.” It’s a process I still have to learn—honestly expressing what I feel instead of swallowing things for the sake of others.

If you have questions, feel free to message me or leave a comment. In any case, I’m relieved that I managed to get all of this done.

Euch allen ein gesundes neues Jahr.

Gerry