You echo so many of my own thoughts here! This post is so balanced and real. North America is so caught up in the extreme, and there are plenty of those who will see the lifestyle you and Ini lead (and the one drew and I are trying to build) as extreme for today's time, but this post really shows the balance of mindset that is both present in this way of living, and needed here, in today's world. It's not extreme to have an open mind.
I never really wanted the white picket fence life, and I remember telling that to my family over dinner at 11 years old. But of course, I never considered that the world would need people who have the earth, and connection between people, and community, and a self sustaining mentality, as part of their priorities. I completely agree with your thoughts too about college... I went for a few years and had the same feeling, like I was just on a track, a one way track toward, well, not exactly my own passions or dreams (because I barely knew what they were) but that I was constantly picking through the options in the box, when really what my soul wanted and needed was to be creating the world outside of that box. I never really thought of it till I read this post. But I wonder, is there any coincidence as to whyyyy they call the highest form of the higher learning experience "doctoring"? Just a thought.

Thanks for the great post. Our ability as humans to reflect is where a lot of strength comes from, as it helps us see where we've been, our old thought patterns, our old ways of conditioning and programming, and how we can further seek to do something... Different... Rather than hopping on the same old train on the same old track.
Just some really nice insight here. Gratitude Wren 🙏 you guys do great work.