I don’t even know where we/you are at now in the story arc. In fact, I don’t even know if there really is an arc at this point. Just kind of feels like a massive run on sentence. You’ve figured out at this point; I’m not a writer. And I’m not trying to be. This early stage is simply just getting a ton of ideas/content/info/ etc out there. It’s honestly just a space that may be forgotten as this grows. I did, however, want to create a space on the site where, if someone digs hard enough, will get some insight as to where the hell this even came from. A space where they could find the “why”.
My goal is to try and marry all of my interests and skills into something that COULD work. I tried this to pre-maturely with RV (see previous word vomit) and it didn’t work. Now that I’ve gotten to fail, I want to try something a bit more calculated and most likely more honest. RV was a massive disappointment, but it was also extremely necessary. It was so necessary to get to this; this literal blog post that I’m typing. If I wouldn’t have had that experience, I wouldn’t have had the story to tell and the hardship to learn from. Nothing that is worth doing comes easy. But one of the things that I’ve learned as well is that you have to have a sort of upwell and continual stream of insights that you’re intending to create from conceptually. If you don’t get that upwelling from the idea, shelf it; not forever, just until it is more flushed out. Am I saying NORMALassociation is flushed out? HELL NO! This shit is still half baked at this point. Ha. But half baked is better than raw; which was how and what RV was.
I hope that NOMRALassociation is a place that can be a hub for dads. Young dads, old dads, mid-dads, whatever. I just love when people have a place to congregate and converse. A place or space in which could assist in relationship building and cultivation. People need people no matter how jaded or cold hearted you are at this moment; you could have ice in your veins, you still need people; even if those other people still have ice in their veins (at least you have something in common). The initial ideation for NORMALassociation is that “dad narrative” is that we just become extremely normal; which we kind of do. We sort of drift into this new land of dads and away from all the bullshit really. But we in a weird way lose ourselves. We had all these interests before and feel some what guilty if still like them now that we have assisted in birthing and raising humans.
That’s natural. It’s a process. But you can do both. And I hope I can initially be some sort of beacon of hope that you don’t have to lose yourself. That is probably one of the main core pieces of NORMALassociation; just don’t lose yourself. Make some adjustments and figure out how to persevere and preserve. Don’t just give up and concede. Fight. Fight for your family first and always. But don’t forget to fight for yourself in the process.
I think I’m going to post 5-10 of these words vomits so hopefully you get a decent understanding of what the overall intention is. We’re on number 4 currently (as you’re reading). So, after that 5th or 10th one, or whenever I feel like shutting up, you’ll get more product stuff going. That is the main reason for this just this vibe and culture of dads that love dope shit; dope shit that makes sense. It could be physically practical, financially practical, structurally practical, whatever. And as it moves on, I hope to figure out how to create some relationships and community around this platform. I hope to do interviews, podcasts, youtube, hell maybe even a conferences! I can dream!
Thanks for following along………til next time…….
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