Day 1: Welcome to the Evergreen
Song of the Day: Unkind
Activity of the Day: Morning Pages
Welcome to the Evergreen!
Our friends are just showing up – it’s hard to find this place on a map. I gotta say, it’s so good to be surrounded by so many kind faces.
This place has wildflowers we’ve never seen before – they’re like tulips with beards! Colin is over there napping in them.
Let’s get you unpacked, the cabin is this way…
I choose to play
By the rules we never say
Why don’t we say them?
Can we say them anyway?
– Unkind
Day 1: Welcome to the Evergreen
I’m so glad you’re here! We’re just getting started.
You look like you could use a cup of tea. Let me take that giant backpack of yours and show you the cabin.
There’s room for everyone – I think you’d dig the giant beanbag in the attic.. it’s warm and cozy up there.
Pouring you a virtual nonexistent cup of tea… I think you’re ready for some music! 🤣
For real though, the next five days are meant to be an escape, a breeze to soothe your soul. Your worries, doubts, and fears will shrink away here.
I want the next five days to be a place of positivity, introspection, and friendship.
So as we start this journey together, I’d like you to close your eyes, take a deep breath, smell the wet leaves, and escape into the best five days of the year…
Welcome to The Evergreen 🌱
I’m so glad you’re here! We’re just getting started.
You look like you could use a cup of tea. Let me take that giant backpack of yours and show you the cabin.
There’s room for everyone – I think you’d dig the giant beanbag in the attic.. it’s warm and cozy up there.
Pouring you a virtual nonexistent cup of tea… I think you’re ready for some music! 🤣
For real though, the next five days are meant to be an escape, a breeze to soothe your soul. Your worries, doubts, and fears will shrink away here.
I want the next five days to be a place of positivity, introspection, and friendship.
So as we start this journey together, I’d like you to close your eyes, take a deep breath, smell the wet leaves, and escape into the best five days of the year…
Welcome to The Evergreen 🌱
Unkind
Every time I listen to Unkind I get shivers.
It’s a conversation I wanted to have, but never got the chance to.
And chances are, we’ve all had a similar conversation in our heads at some point. I’m curious what your is.
However you listen to music, you should be covered here…
Whether you like to stream with Soundcloud, download high quality from Google Drive, or watch on YouTube, you have it!
However you listen to music, you should be covered here…
Whether you like to stream with Soundcloud, download high quality from Google Drive, or watch on YouTube, you have it!
the story of Unkind
This is the part where you get to learn the story behind Unkind, its songwriting and lyrics, and more…
Unkind Lyrics
Will you want to speak again?
I don’t know, let’s take it a step at a time
I think you want to see him again
Yes, in fact I know he’s always on your mind
When I hold you, I break down now and then
Don’t tell me I’m strong, don’t be too unkind
Just tell me that
You are not the one
I have found a new one
You are not the one
I have found a new one
I think we both know exactly what this means
So take your books, and the pages underlined
I read them so slow, the notes you left between
Each delicate verse, the workings of your mind
This is murder, this is war
This is blood upon our hands
More than I can stand
This is culture, I choose to play
By the rules we never say, why can’t we say them?
Can we say them anyway?
You are not the one
I have found a new one
You are not the one
I have found a new one
Will you want to speak again?
I don’t know, let’s take it a step at a time
Behind the SCENES of Unkind
This is the part where you get a peek into the studio creation process of the song…
Activity of the day
Morning Pages
This is the single most fruitful exercise I have ever experienced. At first glance, it may seem pointless, but I promise you, your life will change if you do this daily.
First thing in the morning, before you’ve even had your coffee, I want you to take a notebook or some printer paper and fill three pages with words. Stream of thought.
Fill them up with anything in your mind at all. Just keep the pen moving. This is not supposed to be beautiful, not supposed to be art. It can be filled with your worries, your grumpy thoughts, a dream you just awoke from, or excitement for your day. Anything. Just keep the pen moving and fill every line.
Nobody will read this but you (and you don’t even have to read it).
These are called Morning Pages from The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. When you fill these pages, you may find that your scattered thoughts begin to hone in on some insight towards the end. And then it’s over and you start your day.
Pay attention to how you feel throughout your day afterwards. You may find that the small things take up less thought space, as you’ve already written them down. And any insights continue to turn around in the back of your mind, developing. Your mind will go to bigger places, even as you go about your day.
If you do this every morning, the effects will snowball. So. First thing in the morning, fill these pages with literally anything. Then start your day.
tomorrow
Have you ever caught a firefly?
Because I’ve got a secret for you that I’ll be sharing tomorrow…
(You’ll be really good at catching them after this, I promise)
Evergreen travelers
We’re family now. Travelers together on the same trail.
We may be scattered all over the world, but this is where we meet and share our stories and emotions.
And I want to make sure you’re part of the conversation.
So click the button below to join our group of Evergreen Travelers on Facebook, where you’re encouraged to share your journey and follow the journeys of other Evergreen Travelers.
I’m so excited to see you in there!
