Checking in on your story
Oh, hi friends!
This newsletter has been more sporadic lately, and I’ve noticed that happening with a few others I read, too. (It’s not just me! Solidarity!)
Maybe it’s the sense of sameness (we're rounding the corner on newsletter ONE THOUSAND, uhhh what). Or not feeling able to communicate from any sense of Optimistic Authority. (Seriously, you should hear my garbled answer to the question, “How’s the writing going?”)
But also, you know, narratives perpetuate. Maybe you’ve experienced this is your own ‘reentry’ conversations. We repeat the same lines because it’s convenient, but the side effect is the elimination of nuance.
Yup, the last year was hard/terrible/crippling.
Nope, work isn’t going well.
Would love to block out months X, Y, Z from my memory LOL HAHA ::crying eyes emoji::
But it’s OK for things to feel good again. Or to even selectively choose the good moments you want to share. Or to ebb and flow according to the day.
It’s OK to check on the story you’re telling yourself — and adjust.
Because if I keep showing up to this newsletter telling myself I have nothing useful to say, I won’t find anything useful.
If I keep asking myself whether I even like musicals, I will eventually stop writing them.
And if I keep questioning whether my short story or poems will be ‘good,’ I will never write their last lines.
What story are you telling yourself about your current situation?
And how true is it?
How dare this tweet speak directly to me. (h/t Eben Shapiro)
What Are We Meant to Do with the Time We Have?
That’s the question posed by tick, tick...BOOM!, the musical by Jonathan Larson (of Rent fame!), which is getting the Netflix treatment this fall starring Andrew Garfield. Even if you’re not into musicals you might keep thinking about that question: What are we meant to do with the time we have? Watch the two-minute teaser here.
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Thanks, as always, for reading.
Love, Kara