Meaning is in fact a stronger determinant of a life well lived than happiness.

Meaning is the feeling that who you are, how you show up in the world and how the world responds to you matters.

Like there's a reason you're here. So we're going to do

something a little bit different in today's episode, something I've actually

never done before, but I'm pretty excited to share it with you.

Back in April, I launched a new public writing project called Awake at the Wheel.

The name is actually a nod to the blog that I wrote back in 2008 to about

2012 or so. And while I do write books every few years, I hadn't been writing regularly and publicly in a really long time.

And I was aching to return to that form, to write more personally and deeply about things that were on my mind.

So I created Awake at the Wheel as a place for me to keep deepening into the craft

and also really to share what felt most alive for me in this moment today.

Every week over there I offer an essay along with an invitation to explore a question that I call my weekly wake-up call.

So now about maybe three months or so into the project.

I thought it might be fun to share some of my favorite pieces here with you in the form of spoken word.

So in today's episode, we're shaking up the format a bit.

I'll be sharing five essays.

One is on the truth about exercise and creativity. The next

it asks the question what can I do most beautifully? The third explores what's

worth wanting. The fourth is about a revelation that I had about what I call the less line.

And the final one is this pretty juicy piece on the truth about happiness.

So if you're moved by what you hear and would love to spend maybe more time with them,

you can read these essays along with the Wake Upup call prompts over at Awake at the Wheel.

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