What's Working: vol 21
curated links & our monthly community sharing space
Mid-month, for paid subscribers, I share what’s been working well in my life plus a curated list of links to what I’ve been reading, listening to, watching, and cooking.
What’s Working
Giving money away. Lighting candles on my altar. Gently experimenting with some long-needed dietary changes. Decorating my home with bright colors and wild patterns. All the warm, hilarious, wonderful people in this cohort of the Get Shit Done Club. The herbal magic of nettle & dandelion leaf. Texting my friends to tell them I’m thinking about them. Re-reading impactful books from 10+ years ago. Planning my resupply for next month’s 270-mile hike. Being radically honest with myself about who I actually am vs who I think I “should” be. The purple crocuses! The yellow daffodils! Basically just soaking up any/all spring sunshine like a little lizard splayed out on the warm dirt.
Reading, Watching, Listening
My brilliant friend
just shared the full text of her recent keynote speech, Build Worlds Not Jails, on prison abolition and transformative justice and it is SO good.I cannot tell you how often Gent and I reference this hilariously perfect one-liner. You’re welcome for this important addition to your own life 😂
This podcast conversation with Alnoor Ladha, on the root causes of colonialism and capitalism plus the importance of cultivating what he calls spiritual-cultural praxis, was both moving and impactful. I’ll definitely be listening to it a second time, as well as reading the book he co-authored, Post Capitalist Philanthropy: Healing Wealth in the Time of Collapse.