Welcome to the Brainstorm Road Newsletter
At Brainstorm Road we believe that Dream Projects fit in Real Life.
In this corner of the internet, we talk about the ✨magic✨ that happens when we make a teeny bit of space for the work that lights us up.
If you’re looking for a little space for your Dream Project, this is it.
What is a Dream Project?
A Dream Project is a thing you want to do for no reason other than you want to do it, you can’t stop thinking about it, and you must do it.
Dream projects don’t necessarily make sense. Most people don’t think about their Dream Project and say, oh yeah, that’s a logical thing for me to do. You catch a Dream Project like you catch a cold. You’re not always sure where it came from, but you’ve certainly got one.
Can you gimme an example?
Absolutely! Here are some Dream Projects Brainstorm Roadies are working on:
✨ Finishing my memoir
✨ Interviewing my grandmother and capturing her story before it’s too late
✨ Creating a website of family stories
✨ Finally launching my podcast for teenage nerds
✨ Creating a video game to help people process grief
✨ Growing Spartina Alterniflora (marsh grass) for future living shoreline projects
✨ Writing letters to my son because I keep meaning to and he’s already five
✨ Publishing my first nonfiction book
✨ Writing a horror screenplay
✨ Quilting regularly after retirement
✨ Starting a support group for dads
✨ Hosting kindness workshops all over the world
We’ll add yours when you become a member of our club 😎
Who are Roadies?
We’re ordinary people with dreams, who want to keep our jobs and have dinners with our families. Without giving up those dreams.
Brainstorm “Roadies” believe doing work that lights us up is vital.
And that it’s possible to have a meaningful and fulfilling creative practice in the midst of real life. Roadies commit to a weekly shipping practice, where we find 10 minutes a day to devote to work that lights us up right now.
We don’t wait for when our student loans are paid off, the kids are out of the house, and we have tons of uninterrupted free time. We start doing work that lights us up right now, in the stolen moments we have in real life.
Ready to get in the driver's seat and start taking daily action on your Dream Project? Learn more about membership in our Club here.
What do you mean by “Real Life?”
We mean when the pipes burst, your mom’s in the hospital, you’re running late, you don’t have childcare (again!), your spouse has a heart condition, you’re $30k in debt, you got in a car wreck, your dog needs to go to the vet for the 17th time this week, you’re cleaning, cooking, laundrying, washing, parenting, caretaking, day-jobing, bill paying, erranding, and other activities of (ahem) Real Life.
Take a tiny step towards making your Dream Project happen, join the club, and become a Roadie. Subscribe to the Brainstorm Road newsletter:
