Just start.

Ever have an idea, a dream that you just can't shake? But you just sit on it. Ya me too. This is me trying to do the opposite :)

Kyle Winchell
January 20, 2025

We know starting isn’t easy…

2 years ago on a mountain on Maui I had this idea to write and storytell on this topic “The Meaningful Pursuit”…so finally starting lol.

Thoughts seem easier. But action on the right ones—it doesn’t always come so easy. There are fears. Doubts. __fill in the blanks__ -You know the drill.

We just plain suck when we start…and that’s ok. Walking as a kid. Goo and gaw, til words make sense. Hitting a baseball. Playing the trumpet. Starting a new job. Taking a big adventure. Becoming a Dad or Mom. …

I suppose these first writings will be in that “suck” category. But I’m ok with that.

I just know —It’s time to start!

For the past 4 years I’ve had the dream to write about life. In a vulnerable way. To storytell. Seek meaning in this big ole’ pursuit called life. I, like many have fallen off the horse a few times. Experienced joy and pain. Wandered and dreamed—while I wondered what this whole thing is about…

So, I’m here to write. To show up in this arena I feel called to. To listen more—and hopefully connect words that matter. That might help someone. Even -if just me. To navigate this beautiful, amazing and yet hard place called life…see where meaningful can take us.

To share about this year of going all in on a dream to start The Float Crew. To ask others what theirs are? To connect authentically. To be more ok with confusion and inadequacies than trying to look the part.

To look at my faith. What is it?
As I step more into walking this life on a meaningful pursuit and adventure—I’m seeing this growing love that is pursuing me. Maybe the ultimate pursuit…grace, for myself, others—from a much more loving creator than we hear about…but how? What about;)..,ya haha-still lots to explore here.

As I close this out…I want to share two things that have stuck out to me in this past week of starting down this path of action, chasing my dream, going and writing about the meaningful pursuit.

I’m in a class on Monday nights called “Spiritual Care” -we’re learning how to listen, how to help provide a safe place for a person to talk one-on-one through life’s challenging issues. It’s been so good, and I’m learning a ton. This quote from the book we’re going through really stuck out.

What if confusion wasn’t so bad after all—what if it was leading us more to what’s right and meaningful 😉.
Dreams…I love this part of one of my favorite Youtuber’s (Andrew) video on…“The Creative Dilemma” (scroll below)…→

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“The thing is -dreams don’t erase the baggage that we carry -even when you accomplish them, the weight comes along for the ride. It’s an odd feeling isn’t it—that strange sadness that’s lingering. You’re realizing that the rat race doesn’t end. It simply shifts-and suddenly it doesn’ feel enough -you don’t feel enough. You’re telling yourself you have to work harder. Hold tighter -protect what you’ve built at all costs. It’s ironic really -you’re closer to your dream than you’ve ever been before yet—somehow you feel further from it. You’re appetite has grown and now—you want more. And that-that is what feeling lost in a dream feel like. You start to lose touch with reality. Things that truly matter. The small quiet moments with the people that you love. Not the big trips, not the flashy adventures. The simple things. Sitting together in silence. Laughing over nothing. Sharing a meal. It’s these moments that are life’s greatest treasures. No dream you fulfill will ever replace them or make them more meaningful. Don’t forget that…”

~Andrew Paul

If this resonates—please follow along! As I tell others’ stories, and my own of walking more of life on a meaningful pursuit than not 😉. About life, entrepreneurship, faith, building a brand, meaning, and maybe more!

**Also, if you have or know of someone on their own Meaningful Pursuit —shoot me an email [email protected] …I’d love to hear about it and share!

Keep dreaming and pursuing!
~Kyle