richard in barcelona

richard bartlett‘s year long experiment in barcelona (hopefully he’ll tell more about it later?) via tweet [https://x.com/RichDecibels/status/1905527489453044016]:

on Monday we move into Casa Tilo, 10 bedroom villa in Barcelona, critical scene-building infrastructure for my friends from the internet. I’m standing with my toes at the precipice of a new experiment that’s bigger and scarier and more promising than anything I’ve done so far

something shifted in me yesterday, knots in my subconscious relaxed. I’m looking at all the not knowing, and my anxiety has been replaced by calm confidence. I know it is going to be amazing.

I have a lot of experience running small gatherings, 20, 30, 50 people together for a few days. I know what it’s like to invite people to an event without knowing the agenda. the anxiety of ‘what if it’s lame’, the wavering trust that it will turn out great, the surprises of unexpected awesomeness that leave the most lasting memories

Casa Tilo is like one of those gatherings, but for a whole year

as a leader, it’s scary bro I’m telling you, looking at this empty space in the calendar, looking at this empty space in my bank account, trusting that it’s all going to work out but damn I don’t know how. my job is not to know. my job is to be calm with the not knowing

your job is to come and fill it with life. I’ll take care of the logistics, the economics, the food and beds and showers, the accountants and lawyers and licenses. you take care of the creativity and learning and loving and fighting and building amazing things together. deal?

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need to try/see the unconditional part of left to own devices ness

ie: a sabbatical ish transition

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