week three

the notes help me stay real with myself

Thank you for being here for Week Three of Yrsa Daily. Moving through this week at a slower pace than usual. Some of it is tiredness. I’m learning to respect the truth that I am a human being with limits, rather than fight it. The voice notes are very reflective this week. I spoke about being in a room where nobody came for poetry. Still, language found a way to reach everyone. It reminded me why I do this. I spoke about attention and noise, and pressure to stay sharp even when my body feels like a warning, about ambition that keeps going even when our energy drops. I spoke about endings and how life asks us to release one thing before the next thing comes into focus. As always, I ramble. Nothing this week is polished. Some of the notes are me trying to feel my way through the fog.

I have been thinking a lot about support and what that looks like, and how it changes as you grow. Like, what does it mean to build spaces that help people instead of adding to the noise? If there is something you want more of or a kind of gathering that would genuinely support you, you can tell me at yrsadaily@gmail.com. I’d love to hear from you. As always, the seven voice notes sit together in the body of this email for the sake of your inbox. If you are a paid subscriber, everything is below the paywall. Thank you for walking through this experiment with me. I’m paying attention to what works, listening to my body and trying not to pretend I have more capacity than I do. The notes help me stay real with myself. I hope they do a little of that for you, too.