Worst Book Ever? Pulitzer Prize Winner? Depends on the Day.

This month's newsletter for paid subscribers (#19) features an update on my book and a new four-legged family member!

Welcome to the 19th edition of the Hello, Adversity Monthly Newsletter for paid subscribers. If you’d like to read this full post, you can upgrade here:

My favorite time of the year: when the trees begin to look like paintbrushes.

Hi everyone!

I’m back.

It’s been a busy few weeks, which is why I felt it was best to take the month of April off.

I had several things I needed to take care of. Adjusting to a new pet. (More on that later.) Outlining a keynote talk I want to give. But most of all, working on my book. The timeline was starting to lag, and I needed to catch up.

You see, a couple months ago, I got it into my head that I wanted to have my book published by my 40th birthday in September. (For those unfamiliar, my book — title TBD — is a compilation of life lessons from my rare disease journey.) Up to this point, I was resistant to setting a deadline; I blew past all the other ones and didn’t need the extra disappointment. But the idea of having a published book in my hands as I’m blowing out birthday candles was simply too alluring.

There’s just one slight problem: