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Jason of Escape Adulthood

I am a professional reminder-er and permission granter who moonlights as an artist, author, and speaker. I enjoy Star Wars, soft t-shirts, and brand new tubes of paint. My wife Kim and I homeschool our three weird kids and live in Wisconsin, where we eat way too many cheese curds.

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Special Issue 🍋 Happy Thursday, Reader! Last night we kicked off our 4-part summer series of Escape Adulthood LIVE, sharing an easy-to-implement game plan to make this your #BestSummerEver. We also announced the big news that my first-ever children's book, The Penguin Who Flew, is now available for pre-order! It's an inspiring book about a persistent little penguin with an impossible dream. It will be released on September 12, 2025, but you can get some cool bonus goodies if you pre-order it...

EA Live Preview 🦩 Happy Hump Day, Reader! Join us tonight at 7:45 pm CT as we begin an exciting 4-part series of Escape Adulthood LIVE! On this show, we'll be talking about having the #BestSummerEver by creating magic and memories for a lifetime! We'll also be making a BIG announcement regarding Jason's first-ever children's book, The Penguin Who Flew. Get Involved in the Show: 🖍️ Bring something to draw with and something to draw on so you can participate in Let's Draw with Jason. ☀️ Think...

2025 Issue #25 🚲 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the release of Penguins Can't Fly this month, this is the third in a series of lessons we can learn from some historical rulebreakers, Wilbur and Orville Wright. What are you waiting for? It seems we're always waiting for something before we can begin. We are waiting until we get the degree. We are waiting until the kids leave the nest or until we retire. We are waiting until we...

2025 Issue #24 ⛈️ Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where we've definitely been better. This past week was...not great. It was already slated to be a busy week during a very busy month. Then, in 72 hours, we went from a simple wellness visit to the emergency room to a training session at Milwaukee Children's Hospital to learn how to check blood sugar and inject insulin into our kid. We interrupt your regularly scheduled life to bring you this important message: your son has Type...

2025 Issue #23 🪁 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the release of Penguins Can't Fly this month, this is the second in a series of lessons we can learn from some historical rulebreakers, Wilbur and Orville Wright. Go big or go home. It’s lionized as the recipe for success; to quit your job, cash in your life savings, and bet the farm. It’s also terrible advice. Our movies, history books, and culture are filled with adventurous...

2025 Issue #22 ✈️🥛 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the release of Penguins Can't Fly this month, this is the first in a series of lessons we can learn from some historical rulebreakers, Wilbur and Orville Wright. Is it possible that one lesson we learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is to be wary of experts? I doubt it; it's a lesson humans seemed doomed to repeat. If the Wright Brothers had listened to experts over a century ago,...

2025 Issue #21 🥛 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where our team had a meeting this week to plan for the 10th anniversary of Penguins Can't Fly and the release of my first-ever children's book, The Penguin Who Flew. Exciting things are on the horizon! But today, I would like to tell you the story of the greatest milkshake ever made. Although it happened in Wisconsin, the land of dairy cows, it could have been anywhere and it could have been concocted by anyone. It was made in...

2025 Issue #20 🪨 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where Kim and I are returning from a trip to San Diego that combined a fun speaking engagement with a celebration of our 25th wedding anniversary. I know, hard to believe considering we are both 39! 😂 I recently spent time tracing the footsteps of Orville and Wilbur Wright. I had two speaking engagements in North Carolina, less than a week apart. Rather than fly back and forth, Kim and I decided to have me stay down there. She...

Special Issue 🍋 Happy Humpday, Reader! Consider this your official invitation to Wondernite! 🎟️ Get all dressed up and join us in Sheboygan for an unforgettable night. Indulge in a gourmet plated dinner, decadent desserts, and a generous dose of wonder as we roll out the red carpet for a one-of-a-kind experience. This exclusive event features an inspiring presentation as I premiere never-before-seen artwork and the captivating stories behind them. But that’s not all… Be among the first in the...

2025 Issue #19 🦫 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where we are still shocked that the new pope is a Bob from Chicago, and are preparing to make a big announcement of our own, although not nearly as shocking or world-shaping. Stay tuned! Brdy is a mountain range located in the Czech Republic that's desperately in need of a vowel. It also contained an area that desperately needed to be restored to its original state as a natural wetland after it had been drained years ago to...