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Stepping Softly into 2024
Read more: Stepping Softly into 2024Not yet archived. Still at https://sarahshotts.substack.com/p/hello-from-a-human-jungle-gym
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How it Feels to Me Update
Read more: How it Feels to Me UpdateNot yet archived. Read here: https://sarahshotts.substack.com/p/how-it-feels-to-me-update
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A wind rose in Charleston, South Carolina 🍃
Read more: A wind rose in Charleston, South Carolina 🍃“The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning.” Last week I went on a creative pilgrimage to Charleston, South Carolina. That’s the easy to digest version. The facts, if you will. But this trip was not about facts. It was about…
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Papaya Leaves
Read more: Papaya LeavesA hyper focus project Sometimes I give the idea that I am “very organized” and have things “all planned out.” Reader, I do not. In fact, since becoming a parent I have very little structure and planning in my life at all. But what I do have is hyper focus. And I surf it like…
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Why I’m Breaking Up with Substack
Read more: Why I’m Breaking Up with SubstackOver the last year, Substack has been one of my biggest creative outlets. I’ve spent more hours writing, podcasting, and engaging on Substack than anywhere else. I don’t regret the time I’ve spent there or the connections I’ve made, but it’s time for a pivot. If you don’t know about Substack yet it’s part blog,…
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Please stop calling yourself an HSP. 😫
Read more: Please stop calling yourself an HSP. 😫Hyper sensitivity is real, but the term HSP dehumanizes autistic people. … Ok, deep breath. … I needed to pull you in with the title, but that may have flared up your nervous system. Let’s start over. I’m mindful that I’m addressing sensitive humans. You might find it hard to change your mind because it…
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Neurodivergent Friendship
Read more: Neurodivergent FriendshipNot yet archived. Read here: https://sarahshotts.substack.com/p/neurodivergent-friendship
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The Value of Creative Joy
Read more: The Value of Creative JoyAnd rediscovering The Wheel of Time 🐉 Today I want to talk about creative joy. Reconnecting to The Wheel of Time has reminded me what creativity felt like before it got all tangled up in career and profession and entrepreneurship. For the last decade my creative energy has been focused outwards. Everything I did became…
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Somewhere Under the Rainbow
Read more: Somewhere Under the RainbowNot yet archived. Read here: https://sarahshotts.substack.com/p/somewhere-inside-the-rainbow
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I’m not a brand. I’m a human.
Read more: I’m not a brand. I’m a human.Last year I took two big marketing classes by brilliant teachers and I’ve decided to ignore some of their biggest advice. Entering my Human Era. I’ve decided to stop trying to be a cohesive “brand.” Is this a bad idea? Possibly. Would I grow faster if I followed branding advice? Assuredly. But it is not…
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