As we round through the end of the second year of foolsletters, it’s time for a quick update on the book.

Well. Books.

Either way, things were moving along.

I think the only time I’ve felt happier or have been more creatively engaged was back when I toured plays for a long time or back in the time of theatre school.

Back then we were just creating all the time. Creativity begat more creativity. Within play we added more layers of play. We found fun within the fun. After those adventures, I was cursed back to the culture of seriousness.

The pinnacle of my journey resulted in a therapy practice nearly a decade long. Though the work was frequently playful, it lacked the unhinged fun for the sake of fun part that was so present in playing live with an audience. The therapy world is currently experiencing an over abundance of seriousness.

Performing live is my favorite thing in the world. I love it. It’s: More everything than surfing. More of a grind than mountain biking. More musical than DJ’ing. More connection than therapy. More flow than a toilet. There really is nothing quite like it.

Performing live is one joy nesting within another. One of my favorite parts of the nesting of joy, is the nesting of jokes. When playing and creating, ‘in jokes’ emerge over time. I make jokes with myself or the crew we’re working with just for us. I love to leave little hints of these in all of the work I do.

So, I’d like to recapture the joy of having my own narrative of jokes with myself and the world. I want to share the ability to see life as a running gag. Once you see it that way, you can get in on the joke and have a bit of fun here and there. Even better? Share the joke and let’s let more people in on it.

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The Book of Wrong Answers Volume 1 is currently emerging. It will be filled with odd and delightful ways to experience the joy of living life with a rolling in-joke with yourself. The goal is to help you find all of the nesting joy and hidden Easter eggs of pleasure that are only a slight shift away.

Ideally though, you’ll buy two copies. One for you and one for a friend. Then you can go through the magic together.

What little nesting dolls of joy do you find in your life right now?

What hidden eggs of delight have you left for yourself to ‘discover’ later?

I’m devoting 2023 to finding and registering the Remarkable Fools of the world. For Remarkable Fools, what was once an embarrassing or awkward, is now a thrilling leap to a life more fulfilling. How will we find the fools? A series of pop up live talk shows where the audience are also the guests. Highly interactive and playful, you’ll laugh till you cry or cry till you laugh.