This was a challenge to write, I found myself fighting my thinking till I gave myself the time and space ..... ironically the manifesto is a result of living out my manifesto.

Who is Carl Sheridan?

In the still of a morning lives the choice to sit with myself before the world arrives.
Those moments are mine. They are where I give to myself first, where I prepare to meet the day.

The ritual changes with the season. Sometimes breathwork, sometimes a walk, sometimes heat or cold or movement. But the intention stays the same. Create time and space for me. Time to slow my breath until thought and rhythm move as one. Space to listen, to feel, to be.

Each act is a form of care. Not indulgence. Foundational. When I fill myself first, with breath, with movement, with stillness, I meet the world with calm, purpose, and presence.

I believe in care.
Not the soft kind that folds, but the kind that stands tall in the wind.
The kind that gives shape to courage. The kind that holds space when others cannot.
The kind that hugs back.

With an open chest I move into the world ready to connect.
It is the courage to lead with my heart, not hide behind it.
When that honesty is met by another, there is a spark, something living.
That is where connection begins to breathe.

From time & space comes creativity.
Give me a blank canvas, a quiet moment, a chance to build, write, move, or dream, and I come alive.
Creativity is not limited to art alone, it is the act of bringing something real into the world.
It is how I give form to what I feel.

I have learned that to give from emptiness is not kindness. It is slow decay.
To pour from a full cup I must first fill it.
Care starts within, then moves outward.
It builds communities where people can stand in their mana, seen, valued, and connected first.

My vision reaches beyond my reflection.
I want to rebuild communities through care, beginning with self and radiating outward.
To create spaces where people feel safe enough to be themselves, to listen, to give, and to grow.

This is my work.
To live with care.
To move with connection.
To create with freedom.
To give with fullness.

And one day, when people look back, I hope they will say I was a man who cared above all,
and because I did, the world became that little bit better.