Merry Christmas and happy holidays, all! Much love and all the finest celebrations to you all! Very grateful for how this community and all you incredible folks have become dear friends all the way🙌🫶 I want to maximally walk my talk, so I will be sharing more performative stuff musically AND verbally on video moving forward. Here’s to doing the scary thing🤙 What does being ‘bold’ mean to you in this stage of life?

Yup, you read that right. I was fortunate enough to be invited to a Christmas traveller potluck here in queenstown New Zealand. There was 50-80people wandering through and making themselves at home in this house for Christmas. Christmas felt like a joke that everybody was in on in this green land. No decorations, no music. Just a very welcoming group knowing what it’s like to be alone on Xmas abroad. Wholesome, right??! I got caught up (somehow) having deep conversations about free will and how much we we are really in control of our life and make some good connections. Meanwhile, 10-15people are throwing around little baggies of coke and MDMA in the living room .. MID-DAY on Christmas. They were respectful enough to their space. But it made me realize how utterly unshocked I am by how bizarre life and new environments can be now. So this takes the cake as my weirdest Christmas to date. Do you guys have weirdest-Xmas stories?😅

We are all making sacrifices in life. How do you know you're making ones you're happy and proud of? A 'good' sacrifice would be an example like chess. If you can bait the opponent with a lower quality character - pawn - to take out a higher value one, then that's a 'good' sacrifice. Something lower for something of greater value. Right? So what sacrifices are you making to exchange lower value for higher value in life? It comes in ALL forms. Time to cook - healthier body Time checking in on friends - harmonious relationships Work for $$$... but are we content with that value exchange? Where is the discontent in your life? It may be attached to a value exchange you may be unhappy with, but haven't yet put it into words. I was unhappy being so exhausting being a physical labourer. I put a lot of pride in being the strongest worker. But I was just the most tired guy getting paid the same as the laziest guy. It is WISDOM and TEACHABILITY that raises your salary. So I became a learner, so I could replace my physical labour and delegate projects. Some people are happy to explore the pride of strong workers, but we need a backbone to ask how we may elevate our value and position ourselves in new skills to actually elevate our compensation. You're allowed to be discontent IF you are willing to do the uncomfortable work and navigate into the unknown and explore different variations of sacrifice to feel contentment with your energetic exchange in the world. What sort of 'good' sacrifices have you made in your life? How did it feel navigating those choices?

Hey people, I’m spending my downtime in this strange country recalibrating my soul on reflection to all the goodness that this weird year has been! I’m taking my downtime until the new year to message EVERYBODY who’s had a positive impact on my year. There is nothing more soothing than meditating on the goodness of life and spending time reminding others that they are uniquely appreciated. The more elaborate and specific the better! It will fill your holidays with a depth and sense of connection that’s as close as an intentional text away. Voice-notes are all the sweeter🤌 Ultimate points for hand-written letters. It lasts the longest and is your voice hand-crafted in every slant and swoop. What do you love most about the holidays? Any traditions you’ve grown over the years to make it sweeter?

The theme of life this last week seems to be WHIPLASH! Even though I'm in a different country, new town, new job, new people... I have my own space. And there is a certainly a season for rest... I don't know if I've ever had that for more than a day or two before I'm like WOW, I'm going to build something new!🫠 With my new space and the mere ability to have the comforts of a bed, a kitchen and a shower, and having such adventurous and courageous momentum... I now fear this stillness that I was yearning for. I am trying to be very mindful and integrate all that I have learned on this grand journey, while honouring some well-overdue rest, while balancing a sort of enthusiastic fumbling-forward on goals that keep me excited. I am going to get more deliberate and present on here (YAY!) for one. I have a few ideas I will soon share to amp up the substance and creativity - stay tuned! But genuinely, this post is a request for insight on how you folks have navigated a drastic change in minimal time. What sort of emotional/energetic whiplashes have you experienced? How did you adapt? How did you root yourself? How did you give yourself grace for the whiplash of one lifestyle hopping into the next? All wisdom and stories are appreciated! Much love!