A Secret Play Date

Every Tuesday.

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First! Free!

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Today, as you can see above, I'm doing something super fun: introducing new friends to the magic of the Society of the Secret Play Date.

Secret Play Date is pretty fabulous on it's own. Doing it with a posse, live, in real time, is even better.

People, especially new people, leave our hidden, underground grotto with amazing realizations.

As in:

Huh. I thought I needed to write my sales page, but actually, I needed to play with my comfort level around selling, and talking about selling.

And this all came out when I drew my sales page as a map of the state fair.

As you can imagine, describing Secret Play Date is incredibly difficult. But I've been Play-Dating for more than a year, and hanging out with the Society for almost that long.

For me, it breaks down into five elements that combine and recombine to produce the awesome.

High five.

• Learning that I can bring curiosity and play into my process for everything I need to do.

• Switching from one mode of expression or investigation to another. 'What happens if I stop struggling with this spreadsheet and use Play Doh to represent my financial goals?'

What happens if I let those financial goals go, temporarily, while I tap-dance?

• Giving myself permission. Permission to have fun. Permission to remove nose from grindstone. Permission to nap (or fake a nap) if that's what I need right now.

• Allowing myself creative expression, just because, without the pressure to justify it.

• Connecting with a special group of people, who can say yes to a methodology that's a little off-the-wall. Having a place for us to gather.

It's all these things, and probably more. Each time I get together in the members-only tree house with the Society, I learn something new and unexpected from them.

I hope you can Play-Date with us today.

If it doesn't fit into your schedule, you can always join us on Facebook.

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Join me?

You can check in here in the comments or on the Secret Play Date page on Facebook to let us know how you're doing, and give a yay for the people who are joining in.

You could post it on twitter with the #secretplaydate hashtag.

You don't have to share, though.

You could note it in your journal, or whisper it to the cat, and still feel the glow of being part of a group that does things a little differently for an hour every Tuesday.

And if you're not sure where to start, there's always the Secret Play Date DIY Kit.

Could you use a little Play-Dating today?

And pssst: you can still Play-Date and check in with us, even if it's not Tuesday anymore.