It’s About You
High five you!
You’re here! That means you are curious about learning more. High five. We are kind humans who are looking to retrain the way we think. Learn how to challenge the way you think and learn more about yourself. This website has stemmed from our desire to share what we’ve learned from our failures and mistakes and time we’ve hung out in the past 4 decades or so.
I love that you’re exploring here. I love that you’re new or you’ve been here from the start. I love that you’re working on your shadow self, healing from a wound, growing from pain, learning from experience, maybe just curious or something completely other.
Maybe you feel alone on your island. It’s okay. A lot of us are really confused and lonely. Yes, we genetically come from tribes, and most of us have a pack mentality. We have to alpha and have some sort of order. We all really just want to belong to SOMETHING. The easy thing to do is copy the most common things we see on social media or in the society we surround ourselves in.
I’ll let you in on a secret. You don’t HAVE to.
We are all here together on this cloudy magical electromagnetic rock. We’re all a little lonely, exploring, confused, growing, lost, or just here for a few dopamine hits.
Guess what? Come closer because I’m going to whisper this to you… Just a little closer please…
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We are all weird, messy humans living temporary experiences.
Don’t be scared anymore. Fear is the mind killer. Once you face it, it tends to be more of a build up in your mind and dissipates.
Go for it.
I love you for trying.
“I love you for trying.”
Meet Sarah
The human that created this website
Empathic, Energetic, Motivated, Strong and Not Playing Small Anymore
Sarah is a kid of the 80’s and grew up in the 90’s. Her style is function over fashion and she’d rather eat to live than live to eat. She misses snowboarding but Houston doesn’t have many ski hills. Not since the ice age. Her brain never stops and she’s trying to unravel all of the lessons
and questions she has stuck in there. It’s like this wonderful knotted ball that she’s working on unfolding here to knit a potholder. If you’re trying to interest Sarah try using big words to her like antidisestablishmentarianism.
Sarah’s Actual Hobbies
Opting out of societal expectations
Mental Masturbation
Questioning everything
Pushing viscous colors on canvas
Building outdoor fires & doing nothing
Culinary MacGyver Exploration
Making people I enjoy being around laugh
Jumping in cold water
Finding that sweet spot of pure joy and riding the wave
There’s something exhilarating about mild hypothermia. My record is treading in 45 degrees (8 Celsius) in the Pacific for two minutes flat If you don’t know Wim Hof then ask Google about him.
Taking on my thoughts, one article at a time
Sarah has energy, creative flow and heart. She’s very intuitive and is an ambivert. (That’s BOTH introvert and extrovert.) She can be horribly hard on herself and shy at times but covers it up when needed.
Meet Todd
Best Supporting Actor to this website
The kindest person you may ever meet
Todd is just as comfortable lost in a big city as he is chopping wood camping in the middle of nowhere. His ability to always be patient and explain things baffles Sarah. (from Quantum Physics to how engines work.)
His brain is constantly chewing on ideas like a woodchucks knaws on wood. As a kid of the Midwest he is partial to Harleys and PBR before it became a hipster drink.
Todd’s Hobbies
Todd is meticulously stable, respectful, kind human that can handle any situation. (Car tire blew out? Baby’s diaper had a blow out? He’s on it.) Todd enjoys speed in any form; motorcycles, cars, running.
Measuring Twice
Appreciating all the things
Socializing in just about any form
Most bodies of water (creeks, rivers, lakes, oceans)
Building things with his hands
Sampling a Whiskey or three
Teaching his daughters as much as he can
Being naturally kind and polite
Breaking the record in being the most positive human
Motorcycles and fast exotic cars
buy a cup of coffee as a hey thanks!
If this helps you in some small way then self high five. Want to buy me a cup of theoretical coffee as a small thank you? I wouldn’t say no to an imaginary iced Americano.
Meet the Littles
They teach us as much as we teach them
The Older One
We love teaching and explaining things to our kids. We’re hands on, and focus on love, independence, creativity and open minds. We’re far from perfect parents but it’s been an epic ride so far.
She has an unusual emotional depth and intensity.
Sensitivity or empathy to the feelings of others.
High expectations of self and others, often leading to feelings of frustration.
Questions She Has Asked Us
How did the first plant come to life?
What’s the highest number?
Mom, how many galaxies are there?
Will I have freeze powers when I’m older?
Why do we have to eat?
Who was the first person to invent words?
What happened before we grunted and didn’t have words?
What was before body language?
What is a nun? Do they meditate?
Why doesn’t Santa wear green?
Does anyone know what this planet is for?
What’s the purpose of being here?
Can I take my sister for show and tell?
Why do some people show off their butts?
How can a pot be a hole?
How many trees are there in the world?
“Mom do you know what my favorite toy is? It’s mud Mom, it’s mud.”
“I think an Octopus would be really good at playing drums. You know Mom? Because of all its arms.”
Dad: We need to put some meat on your bones.
Her: You need to put some chicken on your belly.
The Younger One
Keen power of abstraction
Interest in problem solving
Intellectual curiosity
Creativeness and inventiveness
Independence in attitude and social behavior
Self-acceptance and unconcern for social norms
Unusual emotional depth and intensity
This is for you (handing me a flower) and I’ll love you and remember you even when you’re dead. (We know about the circle of life and how everything dies.)
Are stars little suns?
How did Elsa travel so fast from Aerendale to the mountain?
What do dolphins do if they get lost?
If I was a tree farmer and cut down a tree, I would plant a new one and water it.
That’s sad, I would be nice to that person and ask if they wanted to be friends. (Commenting on a TV show.)
Dad: Lay down nugget, it’s bedtime.
Her: Lay down with me chicken nugget.
Mom: I’m going to the grocery store, is there anything you want?
Her: Yes, I want a pet crocodile.