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Dear Community, This week I wanna talk about something we all USED to know A LOT about. When we were kids, we were effortless experts, no degree needed, in having fun. Last week I was in a class and the facilitator asked everyone our name and what we like to do for fun. So there I am on this zoom call, listening to everyone’s answers and judging the shit out of them. I’m like really????? Knitting?? Working with your coaching clients?? This is the best you can come up with for what you like to do for FUN??? But there I was too…the first answers that came to mind were gardening and baking 😂 …. and then I was like - No. Excuse me. Hello Mari Mu, You actually do know a thing or two about having fun (or at least you used to) so try again So when it came around to me I said… I love just shooting the shit! I love that spontaneous play and witty banter that can arise when we’re really just out there haangin’ out and lettin’ loose. Back in my 20s, I used to smoke cigarettes. (let’s all say it together: eeeeeew). Not heavily, I rolled my own little american spirit pinners…now those days have long gone, but let me tell you what I had to grieve cuz now I find it too gross to hang out in those spaces: THE SMOKING AREA at a venue/club/party. Never have I met a more abundant land of effortless banter than than said smoking section!!! We’re away from the loud music, standing around, and I always found that area to the be super easy to strike up conversations, many which leaned playful, filled with ridiculous quick wit and lots of laughs. Much fun was had. Of course, I had no idea sitting down to write a quick newsletter was gonna end up in baring the truth of my prior smoking habit, but here we are. (For the record: I stopped smoking after a super intense mushroom journey. I had NO intentions to stop smoking going into that journey, but in the days after as I was still fresh in the field of the medicine, I was like Well, I think stopping smoking right now is a good idea. and that was that. (Thanks enhanced neuroplasticity!) Okay But - the reason this topic is on my mind you guys, is because this past weekend: I HAD SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!! I attended and volunteered for the 3rd year at a friends 150 person micro-festival/friends & family campout on their private off grid property about an hour outside of LA. My official role: I’m Gate Girl, which means I hang out at the gate, check people in, and wield my walkie talkie amidst welcoming people into a weekend of revelry, world-class live music, and an incredibly delightful collection of sweet hearted humans. I love love getting to ‘work the door’ at events and get the chance to make contact with every person there, which can sometimes make it easier to connect with people throughout the event once my job is done. Let me tell you, this past weekend- THE WIT WAS BANTERED. I mean hot damn did I need a FIX!!! I came home feeling that special mix of simultaneous tiredness + fulfillment, feeling so nourished by the play, new connections, and tiny little seeds planted that may reap collaborative expressions in the future.
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