Book…
Alright, as some of you know, for the past couple of months I’ve been chatting with a publisher about writing a book of life advice for teen girls… I’ve kind of had writers block when it came to this but I think I’m starting to get into a rhythm… The difficulty for me was in finding a format but after much thought I’ve decided that I really love the idea of an alphabet book… (The ABC’s of the Self-Sufficient Girl) …Terrible title… any ideas would be awesome… So I’ve just finished a shorter version of the introduction letter. A (duh.) So if you have any ideas, suggestions, bashes, critiques or ANYTHING, please tell me. I can use all the help I can get.
A is for ABSOLUTE.
Nothing is written in stone, everything is scribbled in sand. How you choose to navigate you life (and this book) is entirely up to you. Don’t take any advice that doesn’t fit into the grand scope of your affair with the world. Don’t buy into anything that offends your experience.
I’ve always found it simultaneously exhilarating and terrifying when I face the reality that I am the writer of my own life, the artist of my own existence… When confronted with such responsibility our primal instincts kick in: flight of fight as psychology calls it. For me it’s more of a kick out or own it sort of deal.
But I think we should own it. I think we should splatter it across a canvas and wave it like a flag from the rooftops. I think we should kick ass and take names. Never in the history of the world have women held such possibility, had such potential, owned themselves and their destiny.
So lets define ourselves, defy statistic, override expectations, break beyond boundaries and ABSOLUTELY shatter the absolutes.
If you could go back and tell yourself two things, what would they be. And would you listen to yourself back then, or do you listen to those two things now.
This is fabulous… It’s great.. I love it, and I love you. Please come home now… But honestly.. Very cute and very witty. You’re my hero… I’m not kidding.