3/1 - SEASON OF FREE
At the start of winter, I decided to anchor those months around the theme of: FREE.
It’s wild how that played out. December was an incredibly fun amusement park of a month, but then January came–a month marked by endings and death. Literally in a few cases.
February contained one of my biggest life changes in years, since kids, really, and entering a liminal space of transition.
So does that fit the picture of FREE? I oddly think it does.
Freedom is easy to romanticize but it come with a big trade. Though you cut obligations, you lose predictability. Muscle memory that served you well for ages is no longer of use.
I’ve never been the most astrological person, but whenever I’ve read about snake years turning into horse years representing a shedding of old skin, I’ve thought… I can work with that! Let’s break into a run.
3/4 - READY TO SPEAK MORE
Something I’d love to start doing more of this year: paid speaking gigs! I truly love speaking, creating experiences, and connecting with people on stage. Lots to learn about how to make that more of a recurring thing.
Guess it’s time to start putting that out there more often!
(Also, I’ve given a TED Talk but I’m dropping an image of the one and only time I’ve tried stand up comedy cause that’s life!)
3/5 - DO THE WEIRD THING
During my last week at Plant With Purpose, one of my teammates said that to her a big part of my legacy was to always ‘do the weird thing.’
Say what?
She explained by remembering all the times we wound up dancing for an audience at an Ethiopian restaurant, ordering mystery items from a soup restaurant in Thailand, or ducking from tree branches while in a truck bed on a muddy road.
The things you end up remembering the most at the end of the day are the times you said yes to ‘weird’ invitations.
I kinda like having that legacy.
3/7 – A weekend for the guys.