Be Less Careful
Nancy Reddy, Kaitlyn Teer, Laura Dangerunpacking the bad ideas that steal our joy // creative work & midlife reinvention
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"create whenever and however you can"
Hello there! Welcome to Be Less Careful. This is a good creatures interview, a series that explores the intersection of caregiving and creative practice. If you know (or are!) a good creature whose work we should feature, send me an email—y...
remember what works
A quick note today, friends, with a few good ideas and one luminous paragraph (not mine) for inspiration.
I love a plan, and I love a system. Transition moments like this—from spring to summer, from the regular schedule of the academic yea...
you can have a new year any time you want
I love the fresh start energy of January 1 and back to school in the fall—and I think we deserve that kind of clean slate for big dreams any time we want it. If you had high hopes in January and have run out of steam or been derailed (who h...
build buzz for your book by appearing on podcasts and newsletters
the two mistakes I see writers (and publicists!) make + two examples of successful pitches and a practical tip for reducing your anxiety as you pitch yourself
Hi friends! Most of my writing here remains free, but I’m paywalling this piece...
Am I getting enough writing done? Are you?
When I changed the name of this newsletter back in October, I made myself this graphic to mark out the topics I wanted to write about:
One scrambly item there reads “getting a lot done w/o buying into productivity culture,” which is in fac...
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obsessed with making space for writing in a busy life & helping you do that, too. newest \ud83d\udcda: THE GOOD MOTHER MYTH, St. Martin's 2025. essays in Slate, Romper & other places. author of Pocket Universe & The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood.
Writer. Newsletter editor at Cup of Jo.
Author of No More Mediocre. I write about care as culture-shifting work. Domestic labor, invisible work, and how the undervaluing of care keeps us stuck. I’m a licensed educator, author and advocate.
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