HeyJaredPractice Not Perfect
Reflections, practices, poems, and playlists to inspire clarity, courage and a deeper connection with the natural world.
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Time slips through our fingers (opens the original)
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Three weeks ago, I met up with a group of over 40 other writers and poets at a retreat in Seaview, Washington. A few days before my flight to Portland, I wasn’t sure if I might need to bow out of attending. With my great uncle Ted’s health declining, I was considering flights east to Massachusetts to say goodbye, but the last conversation I ended up having with him was on the phone. We talked about the Red Sox and a rare bird that had come to AZ. I told him he inspired me. He ended up passing th
Upstream, downstream (opens the original)
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One of my big fears in this life is losing my memory. I’m not someone with a great memory, at least not in a conventional sense like who/what/where/when. But this is often why I write, and it’s why when I go too long without writing I feel this alternating sensation of itch followed by uncomfortable numbness. Neither are fun feelings. One is the body screaming for something elusive, while the other is her slipping away.In recent years, I’ve gravitated toward poetry, which is an art form that beg
We're getting warmer (& hotter) (opens the original)
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I know how much ~all the algorithms~ are designed to stoke our insecurities, particularly as related to our bodies and appearance, yet every so often I encounter a feed post with a counter-perspective and it feels so good. Case in point, this post from Dr. reminds us that there are several research-backed things we can do that have been shown to help us feel better about out bodies without actually changing our bodies, or even changing how we think about them directly:We can <a href="https://onl
I am small, I contain finitudes (opens the original)
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This year, I decided my word of the year would be “Experiment.” I kicked off by writing handwritten poems, which did not cure the stubborn tendonitis in my right hand, but did spark the first draft of a poem that underwent many revisions and in the fall of 2026 will be published in a book! This is a first for me, having a poem published. I’m honored that it will be featured in an anthology to be released by , and I’m stoked to read all the work by the other poets within.I
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