E2C_Travel
Not all travel is into the great unknown... some takes you 'home', to your people. I found my roots again after the pandemic with an aluminum love child named Bella and the 50 aunts and uncles who just can't seem to get enough of her. The Airstream community took me completely by surprise, but it's not the campers that create the connection -- it's the love of outdoors and nature, working hard to prepare an obscenely over-the-top family meal "just because", and genuine affinity for the stories that brought each of us here.
Any experience where you have an opportunity to learn the stories of others, try new foods, see how people live differently - each of those moments changes your life just a little. If you're lucky, your worldview becomes a patchwork of all those experiences. Mine has.
#mycuprunnethover
ABOUT ME
Part journal, part treasure map, part petri dish of thoughts about the future – this website is the synthesis of years of informal (and informed) study of the human condition… coupled with an unyielding need to explore every old tree trunk, breathe in as many back alley spice markets as I can find, admire the monarchs in every protected estuary along the coast, and climb the hillsides on gas-powered mules those few precious days the poppies raise their gorgeous orange faces to the sun. I'll do it all - every single mile - while my hands can still manage the camera.
The more time passes, the more I understand Thoreau's beloved Walden and his need to "live deep and suck out all the marrow of life." With Bella and an increasingly more amazing collection of people in my life... my physical footprint has been smaller these past few pandemic-impacted years, but my "heart-print" has never experienced more reach. To those who are with me, you are everything to me. To those who will join our treasure hunt, I promise we're going to see the world... and see it differently, #together.
E2C_Connection
So many amazing people come into my life and teach me unexpected things. They make my life fuller and more interesting in more ways than I imagined. These connections are what drive me - they’re my secret sauce, my signature strength. Every success in my life is, quite simply, based on my love of people and bringing people together to do wonderful things.
This summer I joined the Board of a publishing company that enables people to publish their personal stories online (here’s mine if you’re curious: Tonya's Cues & Views). Working with this commitment, I’m even more convinced of the importance of sharing our journey to connect with others. I see firsthand the difference connections make when people recognize how much we are alike… not different. With that as my goal, I look forward to sharing my journey and story - sharing my connections and creating new ones on the way. Exploring2Connect. Join me.#onwardandupward
Volume III-Juin-XXMM Note – I’ve decided to re-share a Facebook post I wrote today, as I believe it fits within the spirit of this group. ❤️, TJL I drove down The Alameda this afternoon and it was difficult to see the businesses…
Volume I-Juin-XXMM Can it really already be June? And have we really been managing these world/life/soul changes for >100 days now? Pretty amazing… even for a bunch of absolute rock stars. I dare say we’ll all look back in 10…
Volume XXI-Mai-XXMM I have shared a lot more than I intended to when I started this little communication outreach project. I honestly thought I was going to forward funny memes, links to interesting stories or personal development opportunities, rah-rah pitches…
Volume XIX-Mai-XXMM I know I’m not alone. And I know who gets this email… we are all a bunch of GIVERS – guilty as charged! 😊 And for a lot of us, “receiving” is really really hard. (Hand in air, Peeps… hand in air.) Brené…
Volume XVIII-Mai-XXMM I have been a big fan of John Krasinski’s series of “Some Good News” episodes over the last couple of months, so it is with mixed emotions that I share that last night he posted the final (“8…
Volume VIII-Mai-XXMM SGN Graduation with Oprah, Steven Spielberg, Jon Stewart, and Malala In this installment of John Krasinski’s weekly Some Good News programming, he focuses on the lost opportunities of graduates set to be conferred degrees across the world. But…
Volume VII-Mai-XXMM I’ve been blessed beyond measure by the responses from you who enjoy and engage with this little “pet project” of mine. The story a couple of weeks ago about the farmer in Kansas who sent a precious N95…
Volume V-Mai-XXMM I’ve long known that the ripples of what we do – good and bad – roll much further downstream than just the point of where the rock strikes the surface. I’ve experienced the butterfly effect firsthand when the impact reaches…
Volume VI-Mai-XXMM After yesterday’s note, a former colleague and now lifelong friend sent me a link to the image below. I didn’t ask her, but I thought it would be appropriate to share. [She’s a little busy with a brand…
Volume IV-Mai-XXMM Below was the most important thing I read today, and that truly is saying a lot… Most of you recognize the format as LinkedIn, but I believe the sentiment applies to family, business, or even solo self-management conundrums…
