“What dreams have I put aside to please others?”…asked the starfish.
Kim Krans – Animal Spirit Guidebook
Tomorrow I leave for an extended road trip from Denver to Florida. My neighbor asked me about the ‘tour’. It took me a minute to remember that I referred to last summer’s trip as a ‘book tour’. Summer 2022 became a ‘sticker tour’ as the books had yet to land. Summer 2023 has books, a ‘newsletter’, and a new and improved sticker – thick and sturdy, with glitter.
I’m not exactly sure what to do with the books/newsletter combo. I have a shortlist of people I met last summer of which I intend to revisit and share the goods. The focus is college towns: Lawrence KS, Fayetteville AR, Oxford MS, Auburn GA, Gainesville FL. On the trip home, my only plan so far is to replace Athens GA for Auburn.
I titled this post ‘escape’.
I could have also titled it ‘growth’.
Summer road trips prior to 2022 were an escape. An escape from the story I told about the demands of the role I played in a school environment. When I took my own advice, and changed the story I told about the demands, the intensity lessened – it became manageable.
Road trips are now an experience. I write about Road Trips in storyitell: roles pp 80 – 83. And use the role ‘Road Trip Warrior’ as the example for ‘frame.’ pp 84 – 95.
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