You know the kind, right? The tree house that you saw on cartoons? With the TV installed so I could play video games. I’ve been living in Vegas for most of my life, so that’s probably an unlikely ask. I spent so much time imagining how great it would be that I forgot how much my yard provided for me. I planted seeds in the yard to try and grow my tree and I’d stand there and water it everyday. I didn’t know what I was doing, but I stood there consistently.

I think that was the first sign that I was in love with the idea of more and extraordinary. I can trace it as early as my six year old self. One of my favorite quotes of all time is one from “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho.

On a scale from one to overtrusting, I am pretty damn naive and I always have been. I never let anybody ruin my dream of a treehouse. It wasn’t until I got older that I realized what apparently was the obvious for everyone. Vegas doesn’t really grow the trees that you need for a tree house. We’re a desert. That’s only in cartoons. It wasn’t until I got older that I figured out that a treehouse was very much possible and my imagination had nothing on what reality was like.

This is one of the images that was shared with me that made me realize that it was my mission to stay in a treehouse. I gave up on my “want” at a young age and never even tried to look for something better.

Treehouse dreams aside… you know how often I forgot about this major dream and didn’t realize how important this has been for me? I’ve realized a big trend in my life currently is to remember who I was when I was young. Figuring out what made me happy when I didn’t know any better is helping me figure out what the heck I want now. My wants don’t even make sense at this point to my “know it all” phase of my life, but they never should’ve started making sense. I’m in between the years where I’ve grown up from the teenage habits I had and focusing on the happy habits I made when I was just a kiddo. I want to be more like the kid that wanted the treehouse. I want to chase that feeling. I want to accomplish everything I wanted to accomplish when I was young. No better time than now.