Send It. And Adam
Well. If you’re reading this, you’re either my mother, or a friend who reached the "I've run out of funny shorts to watch" stage of aimlessness and thought, “Sure, why not? How bad could it be… also, what is this?”
What is this? Great question. I’ve been asking my bathroom mirror the same thing at 2:00 AM when I walk past it at 2am to pee.
It’s not just a newsletter. It’s an attempt to process a world that’s becoming increasingly confusing. Are the robots taking over? Is the population crashing? Why is my sink always smelling weird even after bleaching? Who knows.
I decided to start writing this sht down. Not because I’m some "guru" with a $4,000 masterclass or a secret formula for happiness. It’s mostly because I think my perspective might actually help yours—like two people in a car trying to read a map that’s either upside down, written in a language neither of us speaks, or maybe it’s not a map at all, just my wrinkled up costco food court receipt with weird ketchup stains on it.
Life is terribly funny.
In that morbid, “didn’t see that bus coming at the end of Mean Girls” kind of way.
It’s also funnily terrible.
In that, “didn’t see that divorce coming” or “I just realized I’ve been wearing my shirt inside out all day” kind of way. Both of which, for the record, have recently happened to me. (The shirt was arguably the one I truly didn’t see coming).
I’m calling this Send It. It’s an homage to my friends in the action sports world who use the phrase as a synonym for “go for it,” usually right before doing something that looks moderately life-threatening. One of whom I’m interviewing at the bottom of this email. My buddy and business partner and former pro snowboarder Adam.
Sticking with the map analogy: maybe I’m looking at life upside down and that shift helps your perspective. Maybe you speak a second language and can translate the parts of the map I’m staring at blankly. And maybe we can both agree that the car we’re in isn't all that comfortable, there are some terrifying noises coming from the engine, and we both wish these seats were heated.
This isn’t a “Rah-Rah, Live Your Best Life” email. Honestly, I hope it does the opposite.
I want it to make us so interested in real life that we actually put the phone down, close the email, and go find a human being to hang out with.
That’s the one thing I actually know how to do, and frankly, it’s the one thing we’re in danger of losing as a society.
So if you’re down, follow along. I’m going to share a reflection and a talk with my friends, record the conversations here, and who knows—maybe we fill in a bit of the map.
Here’s my buddy Adam. Listen to it here. Or TLDR it below.
TLDR / TLDL
Adam. Send it.
Adam on Sending it:
Adam on regret:
Adam on best costco food:
