Enjoy your break! I really enjoyed following along. The structure created familiarity which was nice to come back to every week; and your writing style kept it engaging and fresh. And this last one ties it up so nicely. I look forward to reading what’s next when you come back refreshed.
I value and enjoy your work and the perspectives you share about claiming your role as messenger. For me, once I realized that discipline is a spiritual act and the more I devoted myself to how spirit moves through me, the less I need to be concerned about having a 'disciplined approach' to anything. This is still very much a work - in - progress approach to life - and what I'll be sharing in my own Substack journey. You definitely have a well-deserved rest coming your way after delivering this series. May it be rejuvenating 💓.
I really enjoyed this series Jen. Thanks so much for the hard work you put into articulating it. This last one was particularly relevant to describing the kind of work I did in the past, and never found a useful way to articulate it, or it's value. But now I'm not really working any more, so oh well! The ADHD part was helpful for understanding a bit more about diverse ways of processing information which I find endlessly fascinating. I also have enjoyed your raising your family stories as well, and am looking forward to more of those once you have the energy to get back into that.
Really good stuff Jen. You've got me thinking about my own issues with "discipline." I'm also curious about your book but not sure I can join the convo on the 26th. I'll keep posted here on Substack. I love your humor and honesty. Your bait and switch comment about the Message is one of my burdens as well. Peace.
I’ve been pushed to examine some of my history as a “poser.” Every time I have stepped into a roll as a coach of a sport, I’ve known I was posing as someone who knew a lot about it. If fact, I was making it up as I went along and staying one step ahead of those I coached. I knew I didn’t know a lot, but I did know enough to help the players learn and grow. Being committed to learning is required as one “fakes it till he makes it.” Funniest one was wrestling. The real coaches let me be a coach because the heavyweight didn’t have anyone to practice with, so I was recruited. Fortunately the heavyweight was a giant sophomore kid who had never wrestled before. I scrambled and got a book (pre-Internet days) and learned about four basic moves/holds/throws before he did. Made me look like I knew what I was doing because I could not get killed by this big kid (sadly, I’m not inhabiting that same size body now). He got better, but so did I, so I grew into the “posed” position as a coach. I did OK, except the one time I was pretty sure he broke my neck, but that’s another story:)
Thanks for leading us deeper and further in your funny and loving way. Keep going.
"Discipline" has been bouncing around our house a lot lately. There's a new Emily Oster parenting podcast and the 2nd episode was about not enough of it. But I like the way you're reframing this word, I'm going to bear this in mind as I delve into the homework chaos with my ADHD kid
Enjoy your break, Jen! Thank you so much for this terrific series of posts.
Regarding your survey questions: although I've answered 'weekly' and 'fine', I always like it when people write what they want to write when they want to write it, and had you had options for 'the frequency that suits me best at the time' and 'hey, next time I write a series it'll be as long or as short as I want it to be', well heck, I'd've ticked those. 😊
sure love this take on discipline and practice. Thanks for the hard work of writing about all of this! I'm learning so much from your thoughtfulness and willingness to go through it.
Enjoy your break! I really enjoyed following along. The structure created familiarity which was nice to come back to every week; and your writing style kept it engaging and fresh. And this last one ties it up so nicely. I look forward to reading what’s next when you come back refreshed.
On question 1, hearing from you weekly is nice. But only if it doesn’t burn you out!
Hi Jen, I just want to thank you for all the work and heart you put into this series. 💙
I value and enjoy your work and the perspectives you share about claiming your role as messenger. For me, once I realized that discipline is a spiritual act and the more I devoted myself to how spirit moves through me, the less I need to be concerned about having a 'disciplined approach' to anything. This is still very much a work - in - progress approach to life - and what I'll be sharing in my own Substack journey. You definitely have a well-deserved rest coming your way after delivering this series. May it be rejuvenating 💓.
I really enjoyed this series Jen. Thanks so much for the hard work you put into articulating it. This last one was particularly relevant to describing the kind of work I did in the past, and never found a useful way to articulate it, or it's value. But now I'm not really working any more, so oh well! The ADHD part was helpful for understanding a bit more about diverse ways of processing information which I find endlessly fascinating. I also have enjoyed your raising your family stories as well, and am looking forward to more of those once you have the energy to get back into that.
Really good stuff Jen. You've got me thinking about my own issues with "discipline." I'm also curious about your book but not sure I can join the convo on the 26th. I'll keep posted here on Substack. I love your humor and honesty. Your bait and switch comment about the Message is one of my burdens as well. Peace.
I’ve been pushed to examine some of my history as a “poser.” Every time I have stepped into a roll as a coach of a sport, I’ve known I was posing as someone who knew a lot about it. If fact, I was making it up as I went along and staying one step ahead of those I coached. I knew I didn’t know a lot, but I did know enough to help the players learn and grow. Being committed to learning is required as one “fakes it till he makes it.” Funniest one was wrestling. The real coaches let me be a coach because the heavyweight didn’t have anyone to practice with, so I was recruited. Fortunately the heavyweight was a giant sophomore kid who had never wrestled before. I scrambled and got a book (pre-Internet days) and learned about four basic moves/holds/throws before he did. Made me look like I knew what I was doing because I could not get killed by this big kid (sadly, I’m not inhabiting that same size body now). He got better, but so did I, so I grew into the “posed” position as a coach. I did OK, except the one time I was pretty sure he broke my neck, but that’s another story:)
Thanks for leading us deeper and further in your funny and loving way. Keep going.
"Discipline" has been bouncing around our house a lot lately. There's a new Emily Oster parenting podcast and the 2nd episode was about not enough of it. But I like the way you're reframing this word, I'm going to bear this in mind as I delve into the homework chaos with my ADHD kid
Enjoy your break, Jen! Thank you so much for this terrific series of posts.
Regarding your survey questions: although I've answered 'weekly' and 'fine', I always like it when people write what they want to write when they want to write it, and had you had options for 'the frequency that suits me best at the time' and 'hey, next time I write a series it'll be as long or as short as I want it to be', well heck, I'd've ticked those. 😊
sure love this take on discipline and practice. Thanks for the hard work of writing about all of this! I'm learning so much from your thoughtfulness and willingness to go through it.