HeyJaredWellness with Dane
Quiet writing for people in the middle of things. Midlife. Aging. Choosing what stays.
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No One Is Coming to Save You (opens the original)
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There’s a sentence we keep telling ourselves that sounds reasonable enough to believe:“When things settle down, I’ll start.”When work slows down.When the kids need less.When there’s more money.When we feel better.When we finally have a little time for ourselves.Then another month passes.We handle the responsibilities. Pay the bills. Show up for the people who count on us.And somewhere along the way, we learn to treat our own lives like something we’ll get around to.I understand how that happens.
Sometimes You Need to See Yourself Again (opens the original)
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A silly picture reminded me of something I had slowly stopped paying attention to.An AI meme got me thinking this week.Which sounds ridiculous when I say it out loud.It was just a cartoon version of me.Strong.Outside.A little rugged.Throwing the shaka.<div class="imag
Embrace the Funk (opens the original)
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Something I wrote four years ago hit differently this morning.I went back and read something I wrote in 2022 this morning.And I think I needed to read it again.I called it “Embrace the Funk.”It was about those seasons when you just don’t quite feel like yourself.You’re frustrated.Unmotivated.Maybe a little lost.Sometimes you can’t even put your finger on what’s wrong.At the time, I wrote that digging yourself out of a funk begins as an inside job.Four years later, I still believe that.You have t
What If I Just Start? (opens the original)
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Maybe I just need to write 500 words today.I’ve said for years that I want to write a book.And I’m curious about something before I go any further.Would you actually want to read it?Not a novel.I don’t have some fictional world living in my head waiting to get out.I want to write a life book.A book about the things I’ve learned, the things I’m still learning, the mistakes I’ve made, the people I’ve loved, the times I’ve started over, and the practices that have helped me squeeze a little more li
I Didn’t Need to Be Needed Today (opens the original)
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What 25 years of leading taught me about sitting one out.This might be the first Labor Day since about 2000 that I didn’t get up and lead something.No workout.No hike.No event.No group waiting on me.For more than 25 years, holidays have usually meant movement.Fourth of July. Memorial Day. New Year’s Day. Black Friday. Labor Day.If people were off work, I was usually finding a reason to get them together.A parking lot before sunrise. A trail. A set of dumbbells. A few miles. A lot of sweat.Usuall
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