Hello!
Been some time!
I’m sitting at a espresso store proper now within the Outer Banks desperately attempting to keep away from a presentation I must put collectively for a brand new challenge (shout out to Ashley’s Espresso Parlour!), and realized it’s been some time since we final chatted. So hey! Whatcha been as much as over there? Something new and juicy occurring this Summer season? 🙂
It’s been a scorching mess right here within the DC space with all of the gov’t cuts and confusion and chaos. Everybody right here is aware of somebody – or is somebody – affected by these adjustments, and it doesn’t appear to be getting any higher… We’ve one way or the other managed to keep away from a bulk of it to this point (my spouse is a proud – and exhausting working! – civil servant), nevertheless the partitions are closing in which is gloomy because it’s her favourite job in all the world and he or she’d be devastated having to stroll away 
However we maintain going and simply do no matter we are able to inside our management!
Apart from that, life goes fairly nicely. Our 3 boys proceed to develop and be their foolish little selves (who now care awfully so much about garments and types and influencers – even my 7 yr previous!), and I’m nonetheless training retirement and failing fairly exhausting at it, haha… I “work” simply as a lot now as I did earlier than, although it’s alone time and for no pay, so I suppose it’s kinda like actual retirement? 🙂
It’s been a blast although. I unintentionally began a brand new challenge a number of months again and it’s since taken a lifetime of its personal: A free clothes closet in my hometown, giving out garments and necessities to anybody who wants it!
It primarily caters to our neighbors residing on the streets and within the woods, but additionally a variety of our decrease revenue households as nicely. We’ve given out over 10,000 gadgets to this point, from clothes to bikes to tents, sleeping luggage, hats, sneakers, female merchandise, you title it.
It’s so completely different from operating an *on-line* challenge the place you’re sharing concepts worldwide and by no means see anybody head to head, in comparison with this one which is so hyper centered and solely offers with bodily merchandise being shared IN PERSON! I even needed to get again onto Fb after a decade away as everybody on this city communicates there, lolol… Okay, nicely that and Instagram, however nonetheless. It’s like going again in time and having to unlearn an entire means of doing enterprise 
On one facet it’s been nice – the challenge is flourishing and there’s no finish in website, however on the opposite it hurts my coronary heart because it solely proves that there’s such a necessity for this in the neighborhood 🙁 And never solely mine, however in all probability yours too in addition to throughout the nation/world! And it solely looks as if it’s getting worse with how issues are taking part in out… Since when is meals and clothes a nicety and never necessity?!
However oh nicely… Can’t say I ever noticed myself going into this line of enterprise, lol, but when there’s one factor I’ve realized over time, it’s to maintain going once you’re onto one thing and every thing retains flowing 🙂 Whether or not that’s a brand new challenge or a relationship and even your funds. There’s one thing magical that occurs when your passions align together with your abilities, particularly if it occurs to resolve an issue on this planet. So when the universe tells you you’re on the best path you retain pushing since you’re proper the place you’re meant to be at this cut-off date! It’s a phenomenal factor!
In order that’s what I’ve been as much as over right here!
And now gotta cease procrastinating and get again to work 🙂 This presentation I’ve to place collectively is for an area group who needs to donate a bunch of garments – and hopefully cash so I can get a sprinter van and switch this right into a cell closet! – and I must persuade them I’m not a psycho, haha…
If anybody needs to be taught extra concerning the closet, and/or needs to donate your self (sure please!!), DM me and I’ll inform you extra 
Within the meantime, I’ll attempt to get again to some form of rhythm right here on the weblog! I ought to have extra time as the children begin going again to highschool right here over the subsequent couple months…
Should you’re new to the positioning and that is the primary submit you’re studying, hey!! Thanks for giving it a shot! 🙂 You possibly can try “my story” right here, and be happy to succeed in out anytime with questions or simply to say hello. We normally do speak extra about cash than my private life, haha, but it surely in all probability gained’t be the final time both.
Have a improbable week!
PS: That different challenge I’m serving to my good friend with remains to be transferring ahead (YouBots.ai), however proving to be extra of an extended haul than we thought. On the plus facet, the Undertaking of Me remains to be going sturdy!
PPS: Listed here are 3 improbable books I’ve learn lately if anybody’s :
- “The Happiest Man on Earth” by Eddie Jaku
- “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” by Heather Morris
- “10% Happier” by Dan Harris
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[This post, Hi!, was first published by J. Money on Budgets Are Sexy]