What’s something most people don’t know about you?

Most people are surprised to hear that I enjoy being alone so much. Especially where they hear I have worked as a Pastor and a Chaplain.

They automatically think that by having these roles that I have lots of friends and I enjoy being around people all the time. But to be honest before I was a Christian I was a bit of a loner. These days people would call it introverted.

I have always picked sports or activities that I can do alone like weights in my home gym, cycling, bush walking, golf or swimming. Doing these things with other people generally drains my energy. Doing them alone restores me.

Do not get me wrong, I love being with my wife and kids and wider family, but when it comes to the end of the week I am looking forward to being home relaxing. I am not ringing people to arrange activities over the weekend.

Over the years I have tried to be more of an extrovert and spend more time with people. I can do it for a short time, but it does not last long. I just find I need more alone time than most.

Whenever I have worked as a Pastor or a Chaplain I always do it part time. This is so I can do my best in my roles and then have my alone time to rest, recover and reflect.

So what do most people not know about me? I enjoy being alone.