Take What Works

a monthly note from a friend

For a while I’ve had this desire to share things that I’m learning and working through in a more direct way.

I will never stop narrating my life (and/or fictional lives) and lots of this stuff comes through in those narrations, but I also want to pull back the curtain on things that I find helpful and meaningful to me. Because maybe you will find them helpful, too.

And maybe it’s getting older, but I am also finding in myself a desire to keep the more vulnerable stuff for a more trusted audience. People who sign up for a newsletter do it because they resonate with the person writing it and I want to have these conversations (because I heartily invite conversation) with people who are already in on it.

So I’m excited to introduce Take What Works. A newsletter that takes a deeper dive into the things I’m into that I think you might get something from and a space to share things I no longer feel like sharing with the whole damn internet.

The title comes from conversations with my friends in which, before I share anything resembling advice, I say some version of “Take what works and leave the rest!” (sometimes I also say, “This is either Jesus or gas,” but that seems like a less cute title).

And that’s what this is: an invitation to a few minutes with a friend who has an open heart, open hands, and your Good in mind.

Sometimes I’l introduce a psychological modality or concept I’ve found helpful, sometimes I’ll share an idea I’m wrestling with to test it out, sometimes I might share a TV show or podcast and what I think you might get from it. We’re following something like Spirit here, friends. It’s annoyingly fluid. And always I will share as honestly as I can from a place of trust—in me, in you, in Jesus who is constantly inviting me to do cool shit.

Mostly I just want to provide you a moment in your inbox that helps. Because we’re all carrying burdens and it’s not always obvious what we need or where we’ll get it.

If this sounds like something you’d like, subscribe below. And if you have any suggestions for topics or something you want to know more about, let me know by e-mailing hello@krysannjoye.com.

If you are already subscribed and looking for the archive, here you go!