So a few months ago, I shared a spoken word roundup, narrating five of the most popular essays from my personal newsletter and publication, I wake at the wheel.

Now, the response was just really great and had a lot of fun performing them, too.

So I figured maybe every few months or so, I'd share a bit of an update.

So today's special solo episode is, let's call it spoken word roundup number two.

The name of my little online writing oasis is A Wake at the Wheel,

and that's a bit of a nod to a blog that I used to write back in the early 2000s,

and it's where I now write weekly in a much more personal and long-form way.

And at the end of each one of these pieces, I always include what I call my wake-up call.

And that's an invitation to explore a question or take action designed to help you feel more alive and less alone,

which I feel like we could all use a little more of these days.

So today, I'm sharing five new spoken word essays, a few of which cause a little bit of a stir.

One is about the delusion of self-care. The next asks the question, why are so many self-aware

people still so miserable? The third invites you to stop trying to always be so good and focus on something else.

Now, the fourth one is about the dark side of focusing on what you want to become.

And the final one is pretty much a short and sweet piece that I call the curable ache of not loving.

So if you're moved by what you hear or you'd love to spend more time with them, you can read these essays, take your time moving

through them, along with the wake-up call prompts over at my Awake-Wake-at-the-Wield newsletter.

You'll find a link in the show notes. So excited to share this collection with you.

I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is Good Life Project.

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