I come to this community from a budhist lense. The noble eightfold path is the path of wellbeing. That word wellbeing has become an object of fascination and deep looking for me in my own practice and in the systems that I want to support and co-create. I have been dreaming of what our world would be like if wellbeing were centered in our societal framework, a wellbeing economy, shifting our focus toward providing the true wealths that every living being desires instead of our ridiculous and harmful system of currency accumulation. I love that people are doing this, and that I am aware because of our amazing tools of connection. I have essentially no academic background, and my professional background was primarily in corporate retail with home depot at the store level. Where I am heading is toward becoming a monk in the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism. These monastic practice centers, 11 across the globe, with a huge network of lay practice sanghas as well are an existing network of humans interested in collective liberation, and the wellbeing economy is part of how we get there. I hope to foster connection and collaboration in our communities and I am so tickled to find y’all out here doing this.