Greetings from Sarasota—
Last week I talked about the power of routine. And about how your routine can adapt and evolve as needed to serve you. To springboard you.
This week… ho boy. My routine got SHREDDED.
All for good reasons. I started rehearsals for 11 DAYS, the incredible one-man show that’s gonna have its world premiere in December. And rehearsals are 50ish miles away, up notoriously fickle I-75.
Plus we did our first public reading of the script at Team House Tampa.
Plus we toured the venue we’ll be using in Ybor City.
Plus I’m hitting the road later today to coach at a storytelling workshop all weekend.
Sooooo all my normal start and end times for pretty much everything got blown up big-time.
That’s ok. A new routine will emerge as long as I keep showing up.
But for today, since my regularly scheduled newsletter ponder-draft-edit routine got walloped, I’m sharing a post from one of my favorite fellow Substackers, Austin Kleon. He has a lot of super cool stuff to say about routine. I’ve read and re-read this particular post half a dozen times over the last few weeks. He’s also published several terrific books on art and creativity. Start with STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST and go from there.
The Page&Stage Podcast
Inspirational speaker, memoirist, and igniter of dreams Risa August shares her incredible journey from being a successful athlete to facing a life-altering diagnosis of a brain tumor. She discusses her experiences with Ironman competitions, the challenges of her diagnosis, and the transformative bike ride from Canada to Mexico that followed. Risa also delves into her writing process, the importance of storytelling, and her exploration of Gestalt therapy. Throughout the conversation, she emphasizes the power of resilience, authenticity, and the lessons learned from her experiences.
You can listen on the Substack App, and all episodes are also available on Apple or Spotify.
Or, if you want to put faces with voices, you can watch the video version of this podcast over on YouTube.
Quick reminder that you are welcome to comment on this newsletter. I do my absolute best to respond to every comment, so if something I’ve offered above tickles that question/comment/complaint nerve in your reader-brain, I’d love to hear about it.
And if there’s a storytelling topic or issue you’d like me to address—writing, acting, directing, speaking, whatever—email me directly at jason@jasoncannon.art. If I don’t have a ready answer, I’ll make it my mission to go find one.
Thanks as always for reading, and have a great weekend—
Jason “I-75er” Cannon