💥Join us for the next meet-up of The Ass in Chair Collective—Wed, March 12th at 9 am EST💥

Steal some time out of your day for what you really want to be working on, and we will be there to validate your choices

🪑What’s The Ass in Chair Collective? 🪑

Last week,

Erinn Batykefer

and I hosted the first of many creative “Ass in Chair” meet-ups via Zoom and it was awesome. It was really energizing to hear what people were working on and know that we were doing it alone-together and cheering each other on. It felt like we generated a ton of collective creative energy and sent it out into the universe. Some people started writing again after long pauses, some dug out old drafts and folders they wanted to bring to life again. We painted, we wrote, we baked, we edited, we crafted. I made a playlist, of course. And, we’re gonna do it again.

Join us for the next meet-up of The Ass in Chair Collective—Wed, March 12th at 9 am EST.

The concept is simple: we get together as creative people, say hello, and then each of us will work on our own thing. Together.

Here are a few things people said about the first one:

“This forced me to write for the first time in a WHILE.'“

“I was happy for the time to do something for myself that shakes me out of a typical day.”

“It’s messy, but I managed to write a first draft of the introduction, including a bit of a road map for the rest of the paper!”

💥Click on the link below to register for the Zoom for Wed, March 12th! 💥

We’ll eventually settle on a regular time for these meetups, but for March we’re experimenting with a bunch of times to see who shows up for what.

Here are the upcoming dates for March:

• Wednesday, March 12 @ 9 AM EST

• Friday, March 21st @ 12 PM EST

• Tuesday, March 25th @ 3 PM EST

That’s where you come in: You gotta show up for the times you really like and could make happen in your week. SHOWING UP IS YOUR VOTE. (You can also email us to let us know, but showing up is more convincing 😉). Starting in April, the majority of these will be for paid subscribers, but we’ll still keep some open to anyone.

Maybe you’re making progress on your own, but you’re craving community and accountability. Maybe you really want to dive into your project or crack open your journal or meditate or paint or sew, but the 1,357 things on your to do list are hounding you. No guilt if you're balancing your checkbook or doing work emails during Ass in Chair Collective meet-ups. Maybe what you’re doing is practicing setting aside time with other creative people, cracking open a door for yourself to walk through later.

💥🪑Whatever it is, we’re here for it. Mark your calendars and join us on March 12th! 🪑💥

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