CAUTION: Reading This Newsletter Could Result In Testing Positive For FREEDOM

Thoughtfully written by an 'Independent Liberation Advisor' who thinks everyone should make up officious titles for themselves

Welcome to the virtual vacation you didn’t know you should be on!

I’m Kristi Keller - a woman who secretly wore yoga pants every day to my corporate desk job, wondering if anyone would notice.

I’ve been in love with the word “Wildhood” from the first moment I saw the following advertisement. I’m sure anyone who has ever worn a power suit, carried a briefcase, or taken public transportation to work can relate.

If that video didn’t put a lump in your throat, I don’t know what to say.

‘Wildhood’ is like shapeshifting

It comes in many different forms depending on how you choose to define it. It’s up to you to live your life according to whatever brings you comfort, joy, adventure, gratification, passport stamps, margaritas, tail wags, etc. 

It’s about squeezing in your cardio by running from adult responsibilities once in a while and living as though you don’t have a care in the world, even if you do.

It’s about the life-changing event of coming face-to-face with your real (and wild) self, like the guy in that video clip above.

This publication is multi-functional

• It contains a lot of quittings and firings (jobs that is),

• A ton of travel chronicles,

• And aecdotes about getting a new life.

Perks for Paid Subscribers in 2025!

I’ve begun rolling out chapters from my previously published book about ditching life in Canada and moving to Jamaica. It’s called, Jamaica Made Me Do It, and each chapter is free for the first week before it slips into Neverland behind a paywall.

You can find all chapters by clicking on this image:

How Wildhood Wanted fits into your life:

New posts roll out every Tuesday morning and if you’re subscribed, our butler will hand-deliver them straight to your inbox.

This bloggish-looking publication is bursting with a good, old-fashioned community vibe we all love but can’t seem to find on social media anymore. Just look at the comments section on any post and you’ll 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.

Who writes this newsletter, anyway?

I encourage you to visit my ABOUT page. It says all the things that don’t need to be repeated here. PLUS it shows a lovely photo of me straddling a rusty Pirate cannon.

Browse some of our most loved, most shared community conversations so far:

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No matter what Wildhood means to you, we’re exploring it here. When I say WE, I mean our incredibly vibrant community of readers who don’t just ‘read and run’. They stick around and fill each post with a bounty (not the chocolate bar) of worthwhile conversation.

We’re all here to support and engage with each other.

So…let the games begin!

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Plus, you can read all past issues on the homepage, right here.