I can’t escape this question. It plagues me. It seems like far too simple of an answer but what if? I mean, what if we did it together? What is it, you ask? Everything. Eating, sleeping, living, working, witnessing, breathing. What if we did it all together?
I mean, I’m sold. But first I think you’d have to persuade people that pursuing their career dreams can look different, that being successful can look different, that chasing wealth is perhaps not worth it.. just a lot of things.
yes, exactly. re-examining success and the ways we live for outcome rather than process/being is so key. I find I inhabit so many contradictions all the time. When we're home in the US I can live out my values but when we're abroad it's like I'm pushed to be someone else.. because it's hard to live as an "expat" and also stay true to a specific view of success. I mean, it's a huge privilege of course, I recognise that. But I also wish I didn't have to do it - it doesn't sit right with me, I feel disconnected, it's just so far away from my idea of what you describe above.
I remember our first home that wasn't an apartment. Suddenly we need to buy so many things. And I remember telling my partner on a walk down our new street, past our new neighbors, on what seemed like an orchestrated Lawn Mowing Day:
What if there was just a shed on the corner? In it was a lawn mower, some pruners, a few shovels and gloves. What if all the things we all only need sometimes was in there and you just used them, put them back, repaired and replaced them if you broke them?
Someone wants to start. I wonder what all stops them.
You know, there are still those that just instinctively want it all for themselves. Maybe it's a power thing, maybe a keeping up with the Joneses. I certainly don't feel that desire at all. Guelph, the city where I used to live, has an amazing tool library. Its inspirational.
My feeling reading this was, of course. Of course we get to do this. And a deep knowing in my bones that there will be a time when doing this does not feel like swimming upstream.
I share your vision and celebrate it! Thank you for putting it so eloquently into words. I hope more people will join our ranks and that our children’s future will look just like this 💚
I mean, I’m sold. But first I think you’d have to persuade people that pursuing their career dreams can look different, that being successful can look different, that chasing wealth is perhaps not worth it.. just a lot of things.
Agreed. For me its been a deep investigation into what I truly think is important. 💕
yes, exactly. re-examining success and the ways we live for outcome rather than process/being is so key. I find I inhabit so many contradictions all the time. When we're home in the US I can live out my values but when we're abroad it's like I'm pushed to be someone else.. because it's hard to live as an "expat" and also stay true to a specific view of success. I mean, it's a huge privilege of course, I recognise that. But I also wish I didn't have to do it - it doesn't sit right with me, I feel disconnected, it's just so far away from my idea of what you describe above.
I remember our first home that wasn't an apartment. Suddenly we need to buy so many things. And I remember telling my partner on a walk down our new street, past our new neighbors, on what seemed like an orchestrated Lawn Mowing Day:
What if there was just a shed on the corner? In it was a lawn mower, some pruners, a few shovels and gloves. What if all the things we all only need sometimes was in there and you just used them, put them back, repaired and replaced them if you broke them?
Someone wants to start. I wonder what all stops them.
You know, there are still those that just instinctively want it all for themselves. Maybe it's a power thing, maybe a keeping up with the Joneses. I certainly don't feel that desire at all. Guelph, the city where I used to live, has an amazing tool library. Its inspirational.
I used to have a dear friend in Guelph! They moved to BC and then Seattle and we lost touch. Thank you for that smile of remembrance today.
My feeling reading this was, of course. Of course we get to do this. And a deep knowing in my bones that there will be a time when doing this does not feel like swimming upstream.
Thanks Kelly. The change of that current will be so welcome and I expect will flow even stronger for most once the transition has been made.
I share your vision and celebrate it! Thank you for putting it so eloquently into words. I hope more people will join our ranks and that our children’s future will look just like this 💚
Thanks Stephanie. Maybe if we all shout together :)