Fight Club, for the right reasons.

I was entranced by the idea of ‘hitting bottom’ deliberately and pared things from my life that weren’t serving me well.

“The things you own end up owning you” was major for me, and I got rid of a ton of possessions.

Another was deciding I had always wanted to build a house; I spent the next decade reading about alternative homebuilding and made a plan.

Unfortunately my job and health failed before that plan went into fruition, but going through that planning process made me reach out and grow in new areas. It really did change my life.

Now I’m older and married but have never given up on the idea of building a cordwood shack and living in it for the rest of my days.