HeyJaredFlightpath
Essays on what it takes to become yourself — at the exact age when you thought you already had.
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Holding the Light (opens the original)
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“I’m not creative” has only ever been a true statement about something much smaller you’d mistaken for the whole category. The painting, the novel, the thing hung in a gallery or bound in a cover is one room. You’ve been living in the rest of the house the entire time. Now is the time to explore it.But how do we explore something without a floor plan of that house? We’re afraid of the dark, and it feels so much safer to just stay in place. Safer, but also stuck.I’ve <a href="https://substack.com
The Belief That's Been Costing You More Than You Know (opens the original)
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When I introduce myself to people as a writer, one of the most common responses is “I’d love to write, but I’m not creative”, said with more than a hint of regret. The more I hear it, the sadder and more frustrated I am that this belief is stopping them (as it stopped me for years) from doing something that could bring real joy and possibly even change their lives.Why do we think this about ourselves? For many, the tendency comes from comments made in childhood by a person whose opinion mattered
How Fear Smells (opens the original)
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I sat in the dark as the credits began to roll. The three hours had escaped into a vortex I didn’t know existed. I felt hollowed out and yet strangely replenished. All the words I could manage were “How does one human have the ability to conjure such a work into life?” Actually, it was more like “What the actual f*&^?”I had just watched The Odyssey, if you hadn’t guessed. I know there are those of you out there who didn’t like it, or are even resisting it for fear it’ll rub up against your visio
The Permission You're Waiting For Doesn't Exist (opens the original)
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My daughter and I have a particular arrangement for contact. We only call one another if it’s urgent. Otherwise, it’s a WhatsApp message. Which, to be fair, is mostly a constant stream of updates about her dog.6pm Monday 21st August 2023 was a phone call moment.I had been in a writing workshop. A last-minute addition to a full day at the Edinburgh Book Festival. An hour that changed my life. After it ended, I stumbled out into the sunny Edinburgh evening and pushed the call button on Lauren’s co
Feminist and Other Labels (opens the original)
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I’ve been thinking a bit about my article on feminism from a few months ago. As promised, I have kept asking questions.My daughter’s feedback that my words had misrepresented me has been playing on my mind a bit too. Had they been my truth and just not well explained, or had I still not quite landed on what I really thought about being called a feminist?These thoughts coalesced a couple of weeks ago when I went to hear As
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