Off we go
Celebrating Treehouse Wild's 1st birthday by going to one of my very favorite places
It wasn’t planned this way, but I’m sure as hell going to celebrate the alignment: the dogs and I embark towards one of my very favorite places this afternoon to bask in the glory of Utah’s red rocks for a couple weeks, and today happens to mark 1 year of Treehouse Wild ✨
It’s been a year, ya’ll. I’m not going to get into specifics, but I’ve felt pretty (very) unrooted in an unsettling way. The past few years I’ve focused so much energy on rooting in and rooting down, finding my stationary place to call home. Coordinates I can pin to a map and say, I live here, this is home. And I’m talking long-term home here. I spent my childhood, adolescence and early twenties bouncing around between states, between towns, between living spaces and then again in my early thirties. Now at 36, I just feel untethered in ways I don’t want to be.
Home has been elusive for me since childhood. Traveling full-time for 2 years offered me freedom to explore where I want to make myself home and I truly believed I could create that for myself. I haven’t yet been able to hold onto it so I continue on in uncertainty. I’m sure I’m learning how to keep letting go and I know I’m learning how to accept my circumstances. The latter of which I’ve never been very good at. The former of which I’ve been practicing for 36 years.
In the midst of continued upheaval in my life, I’m saying fuck it. If I don’t have true home, then I might as well go have fun somewhere that does feel like home. And I will soak up every moment in that magical place until my return.
Maybe clarity will come. Maybe opportunities will arise. Maybe I’ll experience the reset I need right now.
So, off we go.
I cannot wait to get back there after these two years of what feels like too long.
Before I sign off: below I’ve linked to the articles I’ve published the last few months as a freelance journalist for my local indie newspaper. Another publishes this week, so I’ll be sure to include a link to that in a future Treehouse Wild post. Feel free to read any that inspire you ✨.
And keep your eyes on your inbox because I’ve got a poem scheduled to head your way next week.
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