2024-04-08
1 小时 3 分钟It's a terrifying thing when the heart starts to howl in any capacity, whether in grief or joy.
But I think it's sort of a terrifying, primal feeling that sometimes when we get too happy, we get really worried that it's going to go away.
But I just was so surprised after years and years of not literally not feeding myself great food, not eating enough, not giving myself enough pleasure enough joy, enough freedom, when you finally give that, there can enter in the sort of howling that is both grief and joy that you waited so long to start feeding the self.
So many of us have had this fantasy of leaving behind some kind of mainstream corporate job to follow our passion, like art or writing or some other creative pursuit.
And then reality sets in, or rather our belief about how impossible it would be to support ourselves, let alone truly thrive and love what we do and earn a great living doing the thing that lights us up, following some inner creative impulse.
Which is why I am so excited to share executive turned full time and flourishing poet Joy Sullivan and her amazing story with you today.
So Joy went from an accomplished marketing career to becoming a full time creative entrepreneur.
In her new book, Instructions for Traveling west, she chronicles this journey, both literal and metaphorical, from the corporate world to self expression and more than corporate level living through art.
Joy received an MA in poetry from Miami University and has served as a poet in residence for Wexner center for the Arts.
She's brought her words to classrooms and events across the country, and now she helps other writers nourish their craft through her community sustenance.
I was blown away by Joy's courage to leave the corporate life behind and build a career around her creative calling and her deep and enduring passion for poetry.
But she's quick to also bust the myth that you have to be broke, lonely or suffering to be an artist.
Her story shows that it is possible to transition gradually, thoughtfully, through a portfolio approach without losing everything you hold dear.
During the conversation, we explore what it takes to overcome doubt, nurture your inner light, and manifest the life that you have been dreaming of.
If you have ever longed to make your passion your profession, this conversation will open your heart and mind to the possibility.
So be ready to be moved and inspired.
So excited to share this conversation with you.
I'm Jonathan Fields and this is good life project.
What I'd love to do is actually start out before we even to dive into the new book and some of the poems and some of the ideas and the concepts and the stories.
I also want to sort of take a broader look because the journey that you have traveled over the last chunk of years is pretty astonishing, and some of it is laid out in verse in the book, but also you've written about it as well on substack in different places.