One of the biggest challenges in writing my book is not being able to share any of it along the way. Given my narcissistic need for constant approval and attention, not having any feedback is killing me. Even negative attention is better than no attention at all (which explains a lot of my behavior in life), so not only am I missing the praise but I also miss my haters.
I need to break out of this cave. Thanks to Chuck Palahniuk who writes Spoiler Alert on Substack, but you would know as the author of Fight Club, I got the idea to share some excerpts and things that won’t make the final edit. This will give us both what we need. I get some attention and you get some thought provoking words to make you think (and possibly laugh, cry or both.)
Today’s snippet is from the first draft of a chapter titled, Remove Your Kindergarten Name Tag. I am currently on my third revision and we can all be thankful for this. As I walk my readers through the dark hallways of my earliest years, and attempt to create an understanding of how you can matter to everyone yet to no one, I have evolved as much as my writing. It’s like each day I get introduced to someone I didn’t know before. Such a cool process.
I’m also giving you a peek at one of the rough sketches my new South African friend Hugo has created for the book. Hugo and I “met” on a website for creative contractors and like many instances in my life when I’m paying proper attention, the right person came washing up onto the shores of my life. He’s a talented young man and I’m already eternally grateful for his creative contribution to this project.
This is raw content, unedited and used to build and develop ideas. The way I see it, if this unrefined writing can pass your sniff test, the finished product is going to make you extremely anxious to read.
Subscribe and read here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/eviefatz/p/you-matter-sneak-peek?r=yw1ci&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Your happiness is not a gift given to you by others.
Create a mantra for your life. If you aren't writing your story, someone else is writing it for you.
Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eml-radio-talking-truth/id1498113483?i=1000558947971
Hello my friends!
I'm finishing up the transition away from Locals onto Substack and wanted to be sure each of you have made the necessary adjustments to your accounts. For those of you who have remaining months left on your paid support here, I have comped you the balance over at Substack.
This will be the final week I post content here.
I will resume the live recordings over there, starting with our first call on Friday, March 3rd at 9am/12pm. Invitations to join the Zoom calls will go out on Substack. Mark your calendars!
Also, be sure to download the Substack App! I love the app and find it so helpful in organizing content I want to read later by keeping it on my dashboard.
See you on the other side!
https://eviefatz.substack.com/
Wanted to pass this short video along. We think of health in very limited ways. Faith, nature, love, communality, shared human experience…all prove to be just as necessary, if not more so, than going to the gym.
I’ve always viewed and taught health from this perspective. It is my belief the lack of these essential elements is as big an issue in our culture as poor diet and lack of movement.
The takeaway-we can do better🙏🏼
In case you hadn’t heard, all my articles on Substack now have an audio version attached.
Clearly this is a tremendous amount of work, as I personally do the voice over and the editing but it is turning out to be well worth it.
The feedback so far has been overwhelming, with emails flooding in, thanking me for this feature.
I’m happy to do it knowing people are listening. The idea is to make them short, and thought provoking (typically 8-12 mins in length). Something to listen to while walking or in the car - occasions we don’t time or maybe interest in a full podcast.
Let me know what you think. I’d love to hear from my inner circle here on Locals.
https://open.substack.com/pub/eviefatz/p/its-time-to-let-go-of-the-anger?r=yw1ci&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
