The owl is in the zone… determined, focused on the hunt.

That’s where my head’s at right now.

I had a goal to write more this year, and I have (just not much here). But also I just came here and see I haven’t written since July.

I wrote that July post in Germany, that was 5 countries (and 1 life changing music festival) ago!

The point of Joe’s Ideas is a place for me to share ideas, journal adventures, practice writing, and create a place I can look back on later and smile with nostalgia.

Haha! I meeeeeeean that would be fun to write full time buuuuuuuuuut …. FOCUS, grasshopper.

Back to the focus – I haven’t written because I’ve been laser focused on achieving my primary biz goals. Tree Tribe is having a great year of growth, and I have some big ideas to mash the pedal to the floor and accelerate / capitalize on that growth.

I’ve also been working on scaling a side project that can help fund Tree Tribe’s growth.

I have a tendency to work on too many projects at the same time (3 businesses right now). This has always been my way, but it’s also starting to feel like kind of a drag. And here I am, coming back to my recurring theme of trying to narrow my focus and cut loose on some other projects/gigs.

I’m in the hustle, in the zone, and each project enhances my knowledge and wisdom, so I can’t complain. Creatively I’d like to work on more projects (like turning my dreams into stories), but the current mantra must persist… Focus.

So here I am, writing a note to self: Yo, it’s ok to let some projects slide for awhile… prioritize and level up first to achieve the freedom you’ve been grinding for the past 3 years.

FOCUS

JULY 2018 UPDATE: Tree Tribe has planted over 200,000 trees. Woot woot!

Tree Tribe is an outdoor lifestyle brand that plants 10 trees on every sale. We make eco friendly clothing and accessories and have a mission to make a positive impact on the world by promoting nature and spreading positive energy.

Germination

I started Tree Tribe in early 2015 with a goal to create a business that gives back to the Earth. I love ideas and starting companies! At the start, this was much like any other new project of mine – excitement, optimism, and getting in that creative zone that starting a new project gets you in. At the time I didn’t know it would evolve into much more than a side project, I was just taking a crack at creating a cool business.

When the idea struck me for what Tree Tribe would become, it was February 2015, 1 month after I arrived in Chiang Mai, Thailand on a 1 way ticket from New York City.

Hey! I’m Joe how’s it going? I started this blog to unload ideas from my head and connect with the universe… a place to store my projects and connect with like minds. I’ll probably write about location independence, social enterprise, the Earth, business ideas, and random life hacks.

I guess that’s me. I live out of 2 backpacks and don’t technically have a “job” – I own some online businesses and have been a freelance web developer since 2011. Also, Vagabonding by Rolf Potts is one of my favorite books, so I dig the word 🙂