HeyJaredLife, Improvised
Stories, reflections, lessons and techniques about improvising, creatively solving problems, and adapting to unforeseen circumstances, because life is an improvisation and we're all writing the script along the way.
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45 days away (opens the original)
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With less than two months until publication day, I thought I’d share a little behind the scenes of what I’ve been up to.Before you get too alarmed by the perceived amount of time that I’m probably spending on the computer, please know that, thanks to spending the summer at my family’s farm, I am taking a lot of walks in nature and have been harvesting chestnuts from trees I helped my dad plant over 20 years ago. I’ve also been taking at least one pilates class a week, strength training a couple
You Can Handle This (opens the original)
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With less than two months til publication day of How to Handle Anything, and coming off the heels of sharing the conversation with content strategist and mom Alyssa Greenfield, and how she’s navigated life’s parental and work curveballs, I thought this is a better time than any to share an audio Bonus Elixir for those times when you’re facing a curvebal… <a href="https://lifeimprovised.substack.com/p/y
It’s more than just football (opens the original)
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Let me start by saying that I was the student in college that sold my football tickets for a profit. Sure, as a student at The University of Michigan Ross School of Business, and having been an entrepreneur for years prior to university I was no stranger to looking for a positive net margin. Also though I was attending a university known for its sport teams, especially football. In Ann Arbor, football Saturdays are a sight to be seen. They transform the entire town. I mean, how could it not? Ove
Take a Break (opens the original)
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This weekend was tough for me emotionally. I’m navigating a lot of life’s curveballs and uncertainties, and despite writing a book called How to Handle Anything: Four Improv Principles for Navigating Life’s Curveballs, I still struggle with it, a lot.A friend said something that really helped me reconnect with my courage and adaptability…Like a bird on a branch that’s shaky, just remember you have wings to fly.We can’t control the branch, but we can remember that we can fly.<div class="captioned
Don’t Write a Book (opens the original)
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I know this advice might seem counterintuitive given I’ve written and self-published two books, and have a third, traditionally published book (by Bloomsbury) coming out in November.And don’t get me wrong, I LOVE writing books and I will do it all my life if I can. Writing is so core to who I am, ever since I could write I’ve been writing, and to me, be… Read more
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