HeyJaredThe Joy Luck Club
Exploring joy, all its nooks and crannies, what it is to lose it and why it's worth trying to find it again. Paid subscribers get access to the Fascinated series, interviews with real people about their work, their why's, and their WTFs.
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Alaska (opens the original)
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I know, I know, I said I wouldn’t be posting for awhile, but after spending a week in Alaska, there’s just too much to share.Alaska is stunning. That’s a pitiful understatement, but I still haven’t figured out what words to use to describe the overwhelming vastness, the silent beauty, the mad respect for nature’s ability to hold on to something so pristine.As I’ve muttered my way, jet lagged and still swaying, back into everyday life, the question of “my favorite” has come up repeatedly. There’s
I’m Writing a Book (opens the original)
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Sitting across from one of our authors, I watched her reach for the right words to describe her experience.“It’s not like I was depressed or anything. I just felt…nothing.”I nodded, smiled slightly, knowing exactly the absence of feeling she was talking about. I’ve spent some time hanging out in that nothingness too.“I’m fine.” You know that one, right? The refrain we use when absolutely nothing about us is fine but fine is the only thing we have to be in order to keep everything else afloat so
I Might Shit the Bed (opens the original)
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I am not the fan girl type.It’s just not in my nature. I don’t squeal. I don’t stand in line. I have approximately zero t-shirts with someone’s face on it. And I hate the word “merch.”But by God, do I love me some Sara Bareilles. I discovered Sara during her “Little Black Dress” days. Invited by two of my best friends to her tour by the same name, I crammed for the concert like a college final. All Sara, all the time. By the night of the show, I knew every word to every
The Questions on the Back to School Board are Meant for You Too (opens the original)
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I love the first day of school. Always have.Growing up, I never lamented the end of summer. By the time August rolled around, I was secretly ready. Not that I would admit that to anyone. But backpacks, notebooks, and homework are my jam.I always assumed it was just because I liked school. I was good at school. And if you’ve followed along here for any length of time, you know I really like things I’m already good at. Of course, there were challenging social situations to navigate, and years wher
"How?" is the wrong question (opens the original)
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I always look forward to summer. Not the weather, which I loathe, but the perception that things are going to slow down. That the longer days mean a more lackadaisical relationship with time - looser schedules, freer hearts, uncluttered minds.I don’t know about you, but that is precisely the opposite of what every single summer has been like, including this one, since having kids.Between trying to juggle working from home with camp drop off and pick up and hitting the pool, the water park, the b
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