Read time: 2 min 53 sec Whatup Reader! So, right of the bat, ya’ll had a tremendous response to last week’s email about the creepy man in the park. I very much appreciate your kind words. As a quick follow-up to that email before I dive into today’s musing, I want to share something that my friend Erika Mayall offered up in the response email she sent me. While she said she can’t take credit for the concept because though she doesn’t remember where she first heard it, she knows for certain...
11 days ago • 2 min read
Read time: 7 min 14 sec Whatup Reader! Right of the bat, that subject line is a rhetorical question. Not because I don’t want to hear from you, but because answering said question isn’t the point of this email. In order to get to the point, allow me to lay the foundation and give you the backstory. This past Sunday while taking Moose on her morning walk, I saw a man who looked to be in his late 50s, standing on the outside of the chain-link fence that encloses the baseball fields at the local...
18 days ago • 6 min read
Read time: 3 min 0 sec Whatup Reader! Woke up to rainy skies yesterday and the day before. Apparently SoCal is getting a head start on those April showers. If you’re new here, I send these recap emails out on the last day of each month as a way to share the things that this awesome community has told me they’ve found helpful, and also to let you in on things that are coming your way in the next few months. I know you’re busy and I realize I put out a lot of content in a bunch of different...
26 days ago • 2 min read
Read time: 2 min 12 sec Whatup Reader! So apparently I’ve started a “taking” series. You can check out Part 1: Take Advantage, and Part II: Taking Care, by smashing those hyperlinks. If you’ve been reading along each week (and even if you haven’t), then let’s proceed on, shall we. Last week I started listening to Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer . I’ve had the audiobook in my queue for well over two years now, and I’ve narrowed the original recommendation down to about five possible...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Read time: 2 min 45 sec Whatup Reader! In last week’s email we chatted about taking advantage of the things you already have and the things that already exist. No need to reinvent the wheel, right? Today I want to riff about taking care of the things we have and that already exist. Now, as I type that last sentence I also feel the need to point out that it is ABSOLUTELY worth taking a moment to look around and see what is ACTUALLY worth fighting for and keeping, but what I’m really trying to...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Read time: 1 min 20 sec Whatup Reader! Take advantage of what you already have, and what is already around you. My inspo for this email: The timer in our home gym. I bought this badboy when I built out my garage gym during COVID, nearly 5 years ago. As we all do when we get something new, when this timer arrived I took advantage of the cool features, utilizing preset EMOMs, and tabatas (but also, fuck a tabata), and set rest periods. Since Lex and I moved into our current place in August of...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Read time: 6 min 25 sec Whatup Reader! I’m gonna do a little reverse cross-posting for today’s Maestro Mail and bring Instagram content over here and let it serve as the main course. Every now and again I’ll take emails and pull them over to the ‘Gram, laid out as a carousel post, with an invite to join the email list at the end. I’m throwing down an Uno reverse this week and pulling from IG because last Wednesday I shared a carousel post that I’m INCREDIBLY proud of (if you already checked...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
Read time: 3 min 2 sec Whatup Reader! We blinked and February said ✌🏾. Perhaps it’s for the best. Real quickly before we hop in, today, February 28th, I’m participating in the economic blackout and would love to have you join if you haven’t committed to it already. You can click here to learn more. I’m under no impression that it’s going to change the world and right every wrong, but I do believe it’s something (which will always be MOAR than nothing), and could also serve as the start of...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Read time: 1 min 27 sec Whatup Reader! Sliding in with a super short one today. If you’re feeling low on morale, if you’re really not feeling like doing much of anything, if you’re having one of those days, pick one grounding action that brings you back to yourself, and go do it. Life be life-ing right now, and the plan to shock, overwhelm, and create a general sense of chaos and futility remains in full swing. Pick one grounding action that brings you back to yourself, and go do it. I...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read