Brené Brown Instagram – I’ve been working on new research and a new book for three years. Now it’s time to write it. DAMMIT.⁣ ⁣ I don’t want to go right now. It can feel like the abyss. I’m a binge writer. Once I start, I fall completely in. The world stops. I often find myself missing my life and my people and the rhythm of everyday life. And, I love my life, my people, and the predictability of everyday life. ⁣ ⁣ Weird things happen. That word I spent an hour looking for at 8pm will come to me at 4am, so I jump out of bed and write until 7am. Then I sleep until 9am, and I’ve missed everyone at breakfast. I hear them watching baseball in the other room, but I’m on a roll coding data so I listen for the score behind the door.⁣ ⁣ But this is who I am. I can’t write for two hours a day. I can research everyday, but it’s writing time. This is how I’ve done it for as long as I’ve been writing. I have to find the current and slip in. And get carried away. Far away.⁣ ⁣ Once I’m down the hole, or in the current, or navigating the abyss (pick your metaphor), it’s wonderful. And I love it. And I know how lucky I am to get to do what I love. And, mercifully, I write fast. The upside to this style is that the research takes years but the writing takes a couple of months.⁣ ⁣ It’s time to fall in, and this is the scariest part for me. But I’m going. Because I can’t wait to share this new work with y’all. ⁣ ⁣ I’m going to need some help with this book, so if y’all are ready and willing – I’ll be posting some questions for you on social.⁣ ⁣ Take your mark. Get set. Go.