Once I got into microdosing, I realized there are things you grow out of and things you grow into. With wisdom and enlightenment comes a desire to leave behind caffeine, alcohol and sugar for meditation, healthy living and microdosing. I’ve grown out of the old thinking that psychedelics are harmful and recreational. And I’ve grown into the mindset that psychedelic mushrooms are part of a powerful plant-based holistic medicine movement that treats anxiety and depression in conjunction with meditation, nutrition and exercise.
I’ve also grown into thinking about the expansiveness of psychedelics to nurture creativity. But this change is evolutionary. In childhood, I gradually grew out of sugar and junk food and into coffee, alcohol and energy drinks. The same happened with music. I went from listening to hair metal, some Michael Jackson, pop and hip hop to jazz, blues and sophisticated house music.
My view of the Grateful Dead epitomizes this transition. When I attended one of the band’s shows back in 1992, I just didn’t understand the attraction. The music was formless to me. But years later, something clicked. I realized that they were passing off abstract jazz as rock ’n roll. And it’s no wonder: one of their two drummers is heavily influenced by jazz while the other embraced world-beat sounds and their bassist is a classically trained composer. As an entrepreneur, I have stepped beyond revenue as my only benchmark of success to measuring my impact on internal teams, peer-to-peer relationships and the community we serve.
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