Howdy,

This week, I'm leaving on a 2-week trip back home. I haven't been back in over 2 years.

In those 2 years, I didn't realize it, but I was avoiding one thing: reconnecting.

I am afraid to reconnect with my family and with myself.

But one thing made it clear to me that I needed to do this.

RECONNECT is a documentary about a man that is pulled out of "the grind" to go on an ayahuasca retreat in Costa Rica with Dennis McKenna.

I look at this documentary and I see an opportunity to heal.

There are so many ways in which I qualify traveling as a means of avoiding it.

It is irresponsible, expensive, unnecessary, bad timing, distracting, etc.

All of those are true for me right now.

I'm halfway through writing my second memoir. I've been told I may not have a job by the end of the year. I don't have a lot of money and the country is going through a terrible time economically.

But my gut, which so many of us learn to ignore, tells me that I must do this.

I will be disconnecting from my phone for the duration of the trip and will be back the week of the 23rd.

(Don't worry, I have scheduled 2 more amazing emails for you while I'm gone)

Until then, thank you for your continued support. This documentary changed my life. I hope it helps change yours, too.

All my best,

Nick

(11/5) Writing Prompt: Write a 1-2 sentence definition for the word connection without looking at a dictionary (physical or digital).