Today marks my 20th anniversary of self employment. Feels like a lifetime ago that I started my first company and the time that has passed has certainly included several chapters and versions of me - some good and some not so good- throughout this time. It’s been a journey filled with all the “journey” stuff you’d expect: pain and pleasure, success and failure, frustration and laughter, loss and gain and has taken a fair amount of determination, blood, sweat and tears to move through. Self employment, I have found to be a path of resistance, swimming upstream on most days, and has contained little life balance with plenty of moments leaving me wondering it the rewards match the risk. (But I guess so is life when you look at it) However, I wouldn’t change any of it. Because it’s that adversity, and my response, that has molded this moment. Created those moments of growth, whether I wanted them or not (more often not). Introduced those hard lessons that came from the failures, and successes. And I certainly would not have learned nearly as much as a tradesman, and artist, had I been contained by a creative box that working for others would have existed. Today on this Lovers Day in this Lovers Month, I reflect on what this moment means beyond the milestone time marker that this is. I reflect on ALL the moments that have carried me to this one and it really is love that has carried me through it all. My LOVE of nature. My LOVE of my craft. My LOVE of independence. My LOVE of challenge. My LOVE of dreams. My LOVE of self (well, now) AND The LOVE and support of my family The LOVE and support of my friends. The LOVE of my clients and colleagues. The LOVE of the Universe (it’s out to see you win) I have been so fortunate to have this path and still be on it. am excited to see where the next part of my creative journey will take me, and will welcome the adversity and challenges it takes to move through it. It’s all such a gift. So as I reflect here on all of this, I ask the question:

great day spent in the lover realm…. Took both of the younger kids to school, which was a special treat with my daughter as I’m usually off to work by the time she needs to head there. Got a solid yoga session in, then meditation and then went for some polarity bodywork. Began the onboarding of my book keeper, prepped for the greenhouse client meeting and then finished off the day with a great Tae Kwon Do class and was joined by three of my kids for it- which is super fun. (And held the board for my oldest who just got his high brown belt- solid jumping spinning hook kick break on first attempt) Capped off the day with another 25 pages of reading. I could get used to days feeling like this… 😊 Can feel momentum building and pushing hard to make this habit forming before war season hits (reading The Power of Habit right haha)

Another real solid day. Big sovereign day today with the pre-construction meeting for this project. First time to run a meeting of this magnitude and honored to share the space with other such talented tradesman (and friends). Really excited to be stepping up my game with this greenhouse and can’t wait to break ground in April. Knocked out everything on my daily list again today and after I finish watch the Olympic snowboard half pipe I’ll top it off with some reading. NO PLAYING SMALL

A really super solid day- prob best day of the year to date if I can even manage to rate them. Self care was on fire yesterday- began with a new supplement program (AG1), started the am off with a meditation and some yoga, got myself organized around the office/ studio in preparation for a big trades pre-construction meeting that happens today for the greenhouse project, helped my oldest daughter out with some car troubles (and paid for them - which earned me a sweet text of appreciation containing 3 heart emojis), downed 80+ oz of water and been slaying it on the healthy eating, had a great session at Tae Kwon Do and finished the night off with some reading. Mind and body felt great. (Hoping to turn this into a rinse and repeat type of cycle 😁)

Firstly, just dropped a new workshop for y'all in the classroom. It's an unpacking of the ancient masculine initiation story, Iron John. Must watch for men on the path toward the mature masculine psychology and a good watch for women who love men and are raising boys. Happy to chat about this with anyone on our Sunday calls. @Sarah Musgrove Secondly, we have a date set for Wolf Wisdom 16! This is our open program available to the public and takes place at the Apex wolf sanctuary and serves as a fundraiser for them. Flyer below and you can also message @Tanya Folsom for more info. Please share all this goodness with your tribe and feel free to invite them to this community. Will be great to get this journey out to more folks in the world which sure needs it these days. Lots of love and happy hunting.