Here’s another quickie post—I’ve thrown myself into NaNoWriMo, so I won’t be blogging again regularly for at least another month!
There is now a Youtube channel (with a million thanks to my friend M.A. Barrett for putting together such beautiful videos!) I’m planning to sit down in the next week or two and get a bunch more recorded. Like I said, this is going to be sort of like my video series from 2012, only much shorter—2-3 minutes long, and more generally creative. I’d love to hear your requests for future video topics!
Things I have written lately:
Why Success is a Crock (and What to Aim for Instead) on Medium
Bile and Begrudgery: How to Break Free of Your Own Bullshit on Medium
Creating a Life Without Envy (inspired by Hindu concepts of Oneness and Devotion) on Dead Darlings
Things that have been written lately about Life Without Envy:
Local Author offers ‘Ego Management for Creative People’, Philly Voice
“A Most Savage Plague”: A Brief Encounter with Literary Envy, Kate Gilbert on Readers Unbound
Novelist Claire Hennessy transforms envy into pure admiration on Girls Heart Books
Podcast interviews:
Morning on the Dock #52 with my friend Elizabeth Duvivier of Squam Art Workshops
Tranquility du Jour #381: Life Without Envy with Kimberly Wilson
Another exciting thing: I took a six-week illustration class at RISD and now I’ve committed to drawing (or just doodling—no pressure) every day for the next year.
Thank you to everyone who’s come out to my events over the past month-and-change, thank you for buying the book, and thank you for reading!
I think it would be great if you turned lessons from Life Without Envy into short videos. The one that I really liked from th book was focusing on happy moments in your life. I found that really impactful. One of mine was thinking about that time a few years ago that we played out in the snow at 1 am – such a great moment.