an honor.
I can’t remember being so honored by an invitation as this one: to give the commencement address to the graduating class at my undergraduate Alma mater, Guilford College, on the 30th anniversary of my having graduated from there. What a glorious opportunity to say things the students will likely not …
VerbTribe starts in 4 sleeps!
I am so excited. I learned last year that I love teaching the art and craft of writing. My first “strong offer” online this year is VerbTribe, a 37-day class designed to focus on the writing process, to get you writing consistently (as in creating an every day writing practice). …
make strong offers.
I have made a conscious decision from the moment I started writing 37days that I would not allow ads on this site, though many have asked. That I wouldn’t accept product reviews. That I wouldn’t create affiliate programs or participate in them. This means that if I write about something …
you have a voice. now use it.
So. I spent the day trying to figure out how to use my microphone and Macbook Pro to create a podcast and a video. All stinkin’ day. Plugging and unplugging, trying it out, hearing nothing, flipping another switch, changing one system preference and then another. Endlessly. I felt like I …
poetry wednesday : before the weather changes.
Snow Once with my scarf knotted over my mouth I lumbered into a storm of snow up the long hill and did not know where I was going except to the top of it. In those days we went out like that. Even children went out like that. Someone was …
mindful monday : let it go.
The three questions on my arm are a constant reminder: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go? 2012 is the year of letting go for me. Letting go of preconceived notions about my work in the world. (Can I work and …
My new orange desk
Welcome to my new space, my new orange desk, my new online home. I am opening up space and clearing ground for a creative, fulfilling, amazing year, and I hope you’ll join me in doing the same. I am beginning this year, seven years after I started writing 37days, with …
2 days! Time to get your intuition on!
Release deadweight. I release the deadweight of what I hope will happen — and fully-embrace the possibilities of what is happening! I will create a daringly refined {edited; changed; adapted} life! o/ -Teresa Chains of the past. I want to let go of the chains of the past, and …
The Week of Inward Looking: Day 7 – On being an artist
January 1, 2012 From: Seth Godin Question: Has my art been brave enough? Art is a uniquely human endeavor, and act of genius. Art is what we do when we do something for the first time, do it uniquely, and do it to touch someone else. The generosity is built …
