I had a date with the Mrs yesterday. We left home to go to the beach. Along the way we let our intuition do the guiding and ended up at a beach 100 miles away from what we had planned and came home with a collection of wonderful sea shells. The best surprise along the way was finding an Indian gourmet restaurant inside a convenience store and we had a delicious lunch. That's what I call Freedom Lifestyle What's your definition?

Thank you @Abe Bray fot the nudge. THIS IS YOUR OFFICIAL PERMISSION SLIP I, Rasheed Hooda, hereby give myself full and unconditional permission to: Pursue my childhood dream of traveling the world. Stop apologizing for being different Blow up what no longer fits Build the life I actually want I am not too old. I am not too late. I am not too weird. Actually — I'm too weird. Signed: MisterWeirdo himself. Date: 4/30/2026 Countersigned: Rasheed Uncle Giggle Therapist. Nomad. Balloon Artist. Everest Trainee.

When I got to the pivot permission slip, I couldn’t sign it. At first, I had a flash of fear, “oh no, am I still scared to let my self live my dream?” Maybe, that is a possibility. But I realized there was another possibility. My dreams have changed now. I wanted to be a singer as a child, and now I sing to my family. My dreams were small as a child and only included my success. Now my dreams include others! I love the idea of the pivot permission slip, and I think you should sign it if it’s real for you! But if there’s something else, that’s ok too.

"Amateurs network; professionals build alliances. If you want to be seen as the expert, audit your key relationships, not just your content." ~ @Shawn Ziem I can expand or elaborate on this, but why? As my great mentor Barbara Winter would've said, this is a seminar in a sentence. I would love to hear your opinions on it.

Stoked to be in this community with you all! Such cool conversations happening. What a free place!