Ideas I want to write about

10.2.25

Preparing to backpack for the weekend and just what a mental task it can be but also so rewarding

Thinking about having a birthday on a sat in your 20s vs in your 30s

Spent all day thinking about funny reels and maybe comedy creator is something I want? Or want to explore and it doesn’t have to be this skill and business that I’ve boxed

9.26,25

Thoughts and gratitude I have while playing fetch with Gouda and I’m feeling so at peace and happy

I’m so fucking grateful for this life and I don’t need to tell or explain or coach this to anyone I just need to show and they will follow I show through my life and dogs

I can’t believe I even get to do this with her I never thought it would

9.26.24

Holy shit this pretty much sums up my HW for life

HUGE FUCKING EPIPHANY - car break down, I cry in the middle of the street like a child sitting on the ground - almost hyperventilating but I was able to calm myself down and then I get to the place where I get to be ME I MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS OF MY LIFE

Yes I can seek some input if I WANT

I think the way ppl treat their dogs now - like seeing them as these helpless creatures is so much a reflection of how so many humans feel about themselves.

They feel so helpless /stuck/stressed/disconnected that it’s then projected onto their dog that they feel they need to protect in the way they weren’t protected when they were a kid.

And so I

So many people are missing it - they aren’t seeing the dog as a dog - they are SO close - but they need to go one level deeper

I saw this reel/ad for a positive only training program and their examples were just missing the mark on so many levels

they were saying that ppl who punish or correct say that you need to correct the dog when they are

How regulated and present you are in your life, but especially during a walk with your dog, has a direct impact on your dogs behavior and how connected they feel with you which in turn will impact how well they will listen and respect you - during the walk, but also during your normal day to day

Problem:

• How people are on their phones listening to

“An artist has got to be careful never really to arrive at a place where he thinks he’s AT somewhere. You always have to realize that you’re constantly in a state of becoming. And, as long as you can stay in that realm you’ll sort of be alright.”

— Bob Dylan