Hats, Humans & Hiccups

Starting you off this beautiful Autumn morning with 3 facts.

It’s Cyber Monday. I made hats. You should buy one. Please.

Check ‘em out here: http://www.trustfun.club. There aren’t many.

I’ve spent the last couple months perfecting a fully custom & premium piece of headwear.

Here’s a few reasons why:

1) I love hats. I wear one almost every single day.

2) I know how to make a great hat. I’ve been working with an insanely good hat factory for over 5 years making all kinds of hats for Birddogs, Barstool Sports, Kenny Flowers, Frostbuddy, Aime Leon Dore & many more brands. I’ve designed & purchased over 100k hats for those brands. BUT, I’ve NEVER made one single hat for just me.

3) I want to make more money. There I said it. I need to pay my rent & buy my girlfriend nice things.

4) Most importantly, I love Trust Fun. I love writing it. I love sharing it with all of you. I’m really proud of it. And now… I can wear it. And if you want, you can too.

Ok done plugging. It would mean the world if you purchased a trust fun baby hat. And if you don’t, no worries. I’ll just assume you hate me & never want to see me succeed at anything ever. Either way, love you guys.

Welcome to week 8 of Trust Fun. Snowman week. Now, let me explain what the hell it means to be a “trust fun baby.”

Neutrality

I’ve recently been introduced to the idea of practicing neutrality. I know what you’re thinking… What the heck is does that mean?

Well, if you weren’t so quick to whine, I was just about to explain… Being neutral has always been a word that I’ve associated with two types of scenarios: 1) Neutrality in the eyes of the law, & 2) Neutrality in the eyes of someone who is complacent.

Obviously, a jury must be neutral. No bias. Straight down the middle until they are delivered evidence.

And, in those who are complacent, I’ve also always thought that they are neutral. Indifferent to outcomes. Not caring if it ends up being good or bad.

Now, there is a third scenario I’ve been oblivious to. The actual practice of neutrality. Let’s see if my dumb brain can explain this…

People (especially entrepreneurs) talk about the importance of being positive & thinking positive all the time. Positivity is important (duh). It’s forward thinking. It’s glass half-full. It is definitely a very, very good thing. But is it sustainable?

Generally, for the most part, we, as *privileged* humans, divide ourselves as being emotionally bilateral… You’re either feeling positive & optimistic, OR your feeling negative & pessimistic. That’s it. It really is sorta one or the other, right? Sure, sometimes we use the phrase “realist,” but typically that’s just a pessimist trying re-package their negativity. The emotional version of triple B’s mortgage backed securities if you will.

BUT, in our natural state as humans, we are NEITHER positive or negative. Both of those are different emotional states that are “charged” versions of our natural self. Versions that are energized & triggered by specific emotions. Positivity is charged by expectations, channelling energy towards “future you” & focusing on manifesting outcomes. And negativity is, well, negative. No explanation needed. Negativity sucks but sometimes it happens.

We can’t be positive or negative all the time. It would be exhausting. Also inauthentic. And for those reading who are consider themselves always positive, just shutttt upppp. We all cry. Embrace it.

Enter neutrality. Our natural, balanced state as humans. When we are neutral we are not charging ourselves with negative energy & we are not charging ourselves with positive energy. We just are.

Pretty meta right? To just… BE.

As I’ve dove deeper here, I learned that being neutral does NOT mean being indifferent about outcomes or being complacent. It’s about not allowing yourself to be manipulated and influenced by what’s going on around you, so you can maintain your natural state of awareness, peacefulness & presentness. Ultimately here’s the best way I can describe it. When we are thinking positively, we’re typically thinking about the future. And when we’re thinking negatively sometimes we’re worrying about the past. The only true way to be present, is to be neutral.

Let things happen as they happen. Accept some things are out of your control. Enjoy the bumps & hiccups.

Make sense?

Anyways, the meaning of being a trust fun baby is just that. Having trust that this wild ride is going to be fun. Not harping on the past & not focusing too much on the future. Just being here. Right now. The present. And that, in itself, is awesome.

Pretty damn cool message. I wish someone would put it on a hat… Oh wait…

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Hope you all are having a ripping good BFCM weekend & Thanksgiving was awesome. I’m getting on a flight to LA tonight. See you next week in Venice Beach. ✌️