🎨🧸💜 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, @Judith Mayo ! 💜🧸🎨 Well, would you look at this! November 14 happens to be Loosen Up, Lighten Up DayAND National American Teddy Bear Day And somehow, that feels like a rather lovely birthday combination for someone who describes herself as a creative soul looking for things to keep herself occupied and happy ✨ Because let's face it. The world spends an extraordinary amount of time telling us to be productive, accomplish things, check things off lists, and generally behave like we're all competing in the International Olympics of Getting Stuff Done. And then along comes a day that essentially says: **OH, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE. LIGHTEN UP A LITTLE!** 😂 Make something. Try something. Enjoy something. Find a little wonder in an ordinary afternoon. And perhaps remind yourself that happiness doesn't always have to arrive with a five-year plan and a measurable return on investment. Sometimes it can begin with a simple question: "What would be fun to explore today?" Judith, when you introduced yourself to our Haven family, you shared that you're a disabled grandma with some free time and a creative soul. And I particularly loved those last two words. CREATIVE SOUL. 💜 Because creativity isn't reserved for professional artists, accomplished musicians, or people with impressive collections of fancy supplies. It belongs to anyone who wonders, imagines, experiments, plays, or finds delight in making something their own. And creativity doesn't have an expiration date. Neither does curiosity. Neither does the desire to discover something that makes your heart happy. Which brings us to **National American Teddy Bear Day 🧸 Now, I don't know whether you're a teddy bear person, Judith. But I do rather love the idea of a whole day devoted to something that represents comfort, companionship, and a little bit of childlike wonder. Because growing older doesn't mean we have to graduate from delight. There is no official age at which we're required to stop enjoying the little things.

@Tyler Rohm just joined the Haven We are a global community of wonderfully weird people with important work and purposes to do. Have a good time exploring. Remember to check the calendar. Be sure to get your level one gift and badge right away

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I'm really glad @Maureen Schlachter joined us. She's an author and she can nerd out talking oracle and tarot decks. Me too! Lots of us in ere, same. So let's help Maureen feel welcome!

@Jason Hagelberg is a coach and has a community to help people who are coaches! So happy to have him here. I just spent some lovely time in a coaches collaboration our. Super fun. @Wendy Lee-Chu found us and I’m so glad she’s here! So please let everybody help Jason and Wendy to settle in and Jason, you’ll see the welcome post pinned, but the most important thing for you to know here is this place is all about giving yourself the space and the playfulness to breathe and be, to reset and refresh.