Overview (Read First!)

Our computers, vehicles, and appliances all come with user manuals to help us effectively interact with them. Wouldn’t it be amazing if people came with such documents as well?!

Aligned with this concept, I've written this 'User Manual to Forest' to provide insight for those who interact with me or are considering doing so. I want to time travel to a point where you already have a much better idea of who I am or who I’ve chosen to be - my values, interests, beliefs, etc. This way, you can efficiently assess if investing time and effort into me is worthwhile.

If we do end up spending much time together, I’d appreciate reading your “User Manual” too! If anything, it’s a grounding and centering experience to compose such thoughts - I think anyone can gain benefit from such a process.

The content in this manual is part descriptive, part aspirational - I, unfortunately, do not perfectly embody everything I’ve listed! Everyone is always a work in progress, thus the closer I resemble this content, the more successful I’ll likely feel.

I have two favors to ask:

1. You will gain the most value from reading all the sections, rather than just parts of this manual. I’ve designed the content to synergize nicely into a ‘package’ which I feel does a thorough job of depicting ‘ME-ness’.

2. I’d greatly appreciate you being my accountability partner - if you feel I’ve diverged from my own ‘manual’ - please - don’t hesitate to let me know!