what is slow your roll
We started Slow Your Roll after a life-changing trip to Colorado. After taking it all in, we got back to Florida and soon experienced that post-vacation dread MOST people experience. Ya know, when you've just spent the last week oohing and aahing over the slightest thing, all because you're in a new place. Everything is always EXTRA beautiful in that place you don't live and see everyday.
I'll admit, I was feeling real pouty about no longer having mountains right outside of my window. We had driven through sleepy little mountain towns and seen a new way of life. People living in campers, in the snow, setting up home in whatever season they were chasing. To me it seemed like the greatest adventure. I couldn’t settle with going back to our regularly scheduled lives.
But, while trying to convince my Husband Austin that we should just up and abandon our *perfectly content* lives, to throw in the towel on each of our businesses that we had been working very hard to build and find an old van and hit the road he said…
"…it's pretty beautiful here, too. We should be grateful."
It's such a simple thought. of course, we should be grateful... but in that moment it was like I was learning about gratitude for the first time. The next day, driving down the same roads we had driven every day for years... suddenly it was all new to me. Every weed was a glorious flower. There were buildings I had never seen before. The sky was extra blue.
It's only a switch on a mindset. A decision. To take the time to see the everyday beauty. To appreciate every ounce of this mysterious and wonderful life we live. And it changes everything.
Slow Your Roll is just a way to wrap all of that up into a general idea. Slow Your Roll. Enjoy The Ride of life. It's all so beautiful.
How lucky are we to feel love.
To be able to laugh, sing, and dance.
To know that there are butterflies and bees and birds all living among us, buzzing and singing, gracing us with their magic.
We can learn from them.
As most of you probably know, we did end up abandoning *half* of our lives. We sold anything we owned and moved into our sweet little camper in the woods. That was home for almost three years while we continued to work on our businesses. We had the most amazing experience, and it lead us to so many new paths that we could have only dreamt up.
Life looks different now but we're still dreaming
and learning
and making it a goal every day to slow our roll
Life asks a lot from each of us, and slowing your roll is one way to give back to yourself, every day. You deserve it. <3