Why I'm Starting a Blog - It's All About You

Through the many roles I've had over the years, I keep seeing a common thread of concepts leading to those things we all want in the end - connection and happiness. As a problem solver, and someone's whose brain feels best when it can see a simpler commonality or truth out of a system of chaos, I look for these common threads or high level truths incessantly.

So when I find myself helping a friend with some issue they're struggling with in their life, or a coworker who needed some support overcoming a hurdle and I get the feedback "Man... you're good at this, you should tell other people this", the first thing that comes to mind is a blog. Finding a way to take the common threads that have helped people, and share them. (The blog assumption may show my age hah! I would love to hear any more ideas on how else to share what I have to help others in the most effective ways I can).

So to summarize my goal here; I want to gather the most universally helpful guidance I can find, put it in a single place, and continually update it as the world changes and more is known, in order to help us all find that joy we strive for. Yes, joy takes many forms as we are all such different and unique people, but where there are overlaps and commonalities I will try and share what I find.

A few things about how this blog may be different than others:

• I never want this information to stagnate. See something incomplete? Have additional guidance related to a topic? Is something just wrong? Poorly written for comprehension? Comment - let me know, I'll update, add an excerpt for you, whatever works. The best knowledge is sourced by a combination of many minds.

• I want you to get the information, even if you only have a few seconds. My goal is to have simplified versions of each blog, so you can get the gist even when you don't have time to read it all.

• Many posts will likely not be refined. My imposter syndrome and perfectionism kept me from starting this blog for literally years. I do not want that keeping me from putting information out there that many have said would help others - so I won't be meticulously reviewing and editing each post. I'll clean them up as I can, and would love any help improving them (please reach out!), but please be kind to any messy posts you see :)

• Many concepts branch and connect. Throughout these blogs you will see underlined words or phrases. These are concepts that deserve the be discussed on their own, so these will become cross links to other blogs.

View this as an ongoing conversation amongst a group of friends, not a printed unchangeable book. Maybe that conversation is through comments and updates to a blog, maybe it's continued in a 1-1 conversation with you and I. Whatever it is, the goal is to keep growing and provide an information source that accounts for the fact that change is the natural way of being human.

I truly believe we will be our best, find our happiest selves, and make the most progress towards our goals in life if we work and grow together. I'm excited to have you join me in this journey.