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Live With Intention | Building Your Tribe

Rendezvous Island, British Columbia

I love the idea of building a tribe and collecting people consciously and intentionally. One of the most important life decisions that we can make is who we choose to surround ourselves with.  Several weeks back we spent some time with new friends at their amazing home on a tiny island off the coast of British Columbia.  We were having lots of inspiring and insightful life discussions, my favorite kind of chat, and a few times they mentioned the idea of collecting people along the journey of life.  They sort of rephrased it and said – well not collecting people, as if that somehow sounded strange.  And I thought – what’s wrong with collecting people?  I love it.  It is one of the infinite reasons that traveling is my absolute favorite thing to do.  I collect people I meet when I travel as some people like to collect t-shirts from the places that they visit. It is vitally important to be thoughtful and intentional about collecting the people that you include in your tribe – so how do you do it?  Here are 5 types of people who should be in your tribe.

1.  Those Who Will Lift You Higher

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THE PURSUIT OF HAPPY | A CAMPING-THEMED SEND OFF

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MAY THE WIND UNDER YOUR WINGS BEAR YOU WHERE THE SUN SAILS AND THE MOON WALKS.  – Tolkien

We had the most amazing send off for our big road trip a couple of Saturdays ago.  My parents flew in from Florida and co-hosted a camping- and fishing-themed send off for us with our neighbor besties Eric and Liz.  It was the perfect way to embark on this great adventure and reminded us how lucky we are to have such a wonderful community in San Francisco.

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