Crab Inspiration

Life back in london is all over the place. Cold and rainy and generally shit weather wise, but work is great and I feel very safe and sound right now with a good crew of people both in london and in life (especially having just reconnected with many of my people on a two week trip to the states). The adventure in my life is a bit lacking at the moment and I think its because I'm a little tired. Its hard to take on new social challenges when the rest of your exciting, but stable, life is holding you where you are (for all good reasons, but holding you none-the-less). The darkness and the weather don't help either, both in the direct effect they have on me and indirectly in the effect they have on other people which then, in turn, affects me.

I am going snowboarding this week, then barcelona for a week for a conference, then back for 2 then off to asia to meet clients. In between is kyle's arrival (he's now engaged), tucker's 30th party in amsterdam and the launch of Bonobos and License To Live events in london. Nuts! I'm feeling like I haven't put enough into the license project recently and I want to give it more, but how can I with all this other amazing stuff going on? I have about 30+ new license ideas that I need to distill down to about 15 for the 2nd wave. And I have a whole new set of online requirements that I want to get done. All by May, in preparation for burningman and the run up to the christmas season! I think I just need a night to let loose and stop taking myself so seriously.

No girls on the horizon, but I could honestly care less. The things I'm doing in my life are exactly what I want to be doing. I just wish I had a bit more room for some unstructured adventure. I find that that keeps you on your toes just enough to remain intersting to both yourself and those you talk to, be they shazam clients, bonobos clients, license clients/partners, or just interesting people who you want a better relationship with. I say this because I believe that all of these people will want to be around you more if you can remain genuinely interesting to yourself and therefore, to them. And the more people want to be around you, the more they participate in your community and the more opportunity your community has to create wonderful things to give back to the world. (That was a powerful discovery just made as I typed this out and enabled by relationships with you all that allow and encourage me to explore and share my interests. Thank you!).