Or, sometimes, it looks like putting all your sh!t into storage and moving to the tropics. And then finding a rusty, old cannon to sit on, with your beach-soaked hair flailing in the Caribbean breeze.
â Done it and done itâŚthe cannon wins every time.
Whatever an act of reinvention looks like to you, Iâm willing to bet that we have all fantasized about throwing obligations over the edge of a cliff during a life-affirming hike.
But somewhere along the way, you realize youâre âmidlife-years-old,â youâre disgruntled with your job, and a loaf of bread now costs sixty dollars because itâs 2025, yâall.
Or worseâŚyou realize you donât even like hiking.
Wildhood Wanted is about squeezing in your cardio by running from adult responsibilities.
Itâs about living a little bit recklessly as if you donât have a care in the world, even if you do.
Itâs about finding pieces of beauty in every situation, even if your current situation is a cluttered life you no longer wish to be part of.
Thereâs no such thing as too much happiness, too much magic, or too many grand ideas to reinvent your life. But there is such a thing as losing sight of those things under the weight of responsibility and the almighty to-do list.
Commit to finding your Wildhood a little bit each day, and then letâs go look for some obligations to throw away. Because thereâs more to life than admiring perfectly aligned vacuum tracks in your carpet.
Who writes this newsletter, anyway?
It is written by Kristi Keller, a woman who is revisiting the art of investing in oneself.
Everyone should be doing it.
If youâve arrived here without a clue who I am or why you came, thatâs okay. Youâre not supposed to know. I mean, why would you?
Iâve been writing on the internet since before blogging was mainstream, and Iâve been sitting on rusty cannons formerly used by pirates since 2003.
For over a decade, I had only been recognized as a one-trick pony. My trick was destination writing, and my pony saddled up in 2011 when I dumped the corporate grind in exchange for the high life, trekking across Jamaica 36 times. They even gave me awards for this stuff!
But then the universe yelled, âPLOT TWIST!â So I shouted, âHA! New story!â After that, my writing became abundantly splattered all over the internet in genres I never dreamed Iâd become friends with.
How Wildhood Wanted fits into your life:
This bloggish-looking newsletter is bursting with a good, old-fashioned community vibe we love so much but canât seem to find on social media anymore. Just look at the comments section on any post and youâll see what a lively bunch we are!
Wildhood Wanted is a reader-supported commonwealth full of encouragement, incentive, and creative ideas for life and travel that you can totally steal and run with, should you choose to.
Whatâs behind the paywall?
Asking that question is like asking whatâs behind door #3 on The Price is Right.
It could be a book chapter, a new business idea, or a whole new life! (Sorry, itâll never be a new car)
Free content inspires, but paid content transforms. Itâs where we go deeper, get real, and build something together.
Iâm here to do this with youâŚ.TOGETHER.
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Access to the monthly Reinvention Rooms. Live Zoom gatherings where we explore the art of starting over with courage, connection, and a damn good journal prompt. (Starting in June 2025âŚSTAY TUNED!)
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Access to posts like this one, where somebody executed the idea three hours after it was published! This is why paywalls existâŚbecause your next brilliant escape plan might be sitting behind one.
Access to unfiltered essays and behind-the-scenes dispatches, where I share what it really looks like to chase freedom, find new purpose, and live life off-script.
Upgrade now and unlock the next step of your wildhood.
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