THE SUMMER SERIES
The Audacity of This Freaking Calendar
Your week is a purse you haven't dumped out in years. This summer, we're turning it upside down.
Every commitment in your calendar lands in one of four bags. The stuff you love. The stuff you carry for people you love. The stuff you carry because somebody might need one. And the fuzzy candy at the bottom, the stuff a former version of you chose and forgot to cancel.
July, we dump it out. August, we decide what goes back in. By September, there's room in the week for the woman who actually lives it.
Print the map and stick it somewhere your calendar can see it.
The Four Bags
The Yes. Things you'd do if nobody was watching and nobody said thank you. Pure want. Notice how small this bag is.
The Love. Things you do for others that genuinely fill you up. The juice box you'd carry ten of. This bag is real and it stays.
The Performance. Things you do for others that drain you dry. Carried because somebody might need one. That's been the job title for thirty years.
The Ghost. Technically yours. Chosen in another lifetime. Absolutely not edible. Your calendar is full of these.
You built this life. Which means you're the only one who can build something different.
The series runs all summer in the weekly letter and on Instagram. Start with the question that opens everything:
Whose Life Did You Build? Take the quiz