**Congratulations to ubooknerd who won the giveaway!*** Good morning, friends! We’ve (almost) made it through another week. I tried to cut back on coffee this week and it was a real challenge to my fundamental belief that people are generally doing the best they can. Is it possible that people are generally just doing their best to get on my nerves, and it has only been the caffeine making them bearable this whole time?
Well, I’m drinking my morning half cup right now, so I love you all and believe in you. Just, when it wears off later in the day, would you please try not to cut me off in traffic or pick arguments about politics, or, like, touch me? I’d really appreciate it.
In all seriousness, though, I really do believe that by and large we’re all doing our best. I believe you are doing the best you can do, and, furthermore, that that’s exactly what you were meant to do, and exactly what the world needs you to do. All we need is for you to show up, in whatever state you’re in, caffeinated or under-caffeinated. Are you here? Great! Welcome! Let’s begin.
I reached 1000 followers on Twitter this week, and I wanted to do something to celebrate and say thank you. Glennon Doyle’s book, Love Warrior, came out in paperback this week, so I thought it would be fun to do a giveaway. If you haven’t read her amazing book, this is your chance! I’ve also really been wanting to read Roxane Gay’s memoir, Hunger, and it occurred to me that the two kind of go together. They’re both soul-baring memoirs of women struggling to understand who they are and where they fit in this world, while rooting out the toxins in our culture that have been slowly poisoning them since childhood. Glennon and Roxane have also both struggled with eating disorders, which is something I know a lot of us can relate to.
So! One lucky winner will receive both of these books in paperback. The simplest way to enter is to leave a comment either here or on this Facebook post. If you would like extra entries, you can do one or more of the following. (Don’t forget to tell me that you’ve done them! I won’t see it automatically.)
–> Share this post on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, your blog, your book group’s email list, or anywhere else you can think of. Each share counts as an entry.
–> If you haven’t already, “like” my writer’s page on Facebook. For an additional entry, invite one or more friends to like it, too!
–> If you haven’t already, follow me on Twitter.
So your comment might be something like, “Hi Jessica! I shared your post on Facebook and Twitter and liked your writer’s page on Facebook,” then I’ll make a note that you have four entries (one for commenting, two for sharing, and one for liking my page). I’ll pick a winner next Friday, Sept. 22nd, using a random number generator.
Thanks, everyone! I hope you have a good weekend. Don’t forget to breathe. Also, be kind to each other — you never know who is trying to cut back on coffee this week.
Love,
Jessica
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Thanks for the opportunity to win the books! I liked your page on FB,too!
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Two entries for you!!
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ubooknerd, you won the drawing! Please email me your address at tenthousandplacesblog@gmail.com and I will send the books to you.
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Both of these books are so good! Congrats on 1000 followers.
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One entry for you, Christina, thank you!
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yeah, Id love to win these… I think its good every once in awhile to hear the reminder/be recognized that we are trying… sometimes it feels like “why bother”… so glad its Friday!
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Hi Soundtek! One entry for you.
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congrats. on +1000. I just followed you; not sure why I didn’t before. I don’t really “get” twitter. Blessings and fortitude!
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Thanks, Jason!
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Great opportunity! Congrats on getting to +1000 ❤
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Thanks, Dawn!
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I’d love to read these books! I already liked your writer page on FB. 🙂
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Thank you, Joy!
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Already following you on Twitter, but liked your “author’s page.”
I’m wondering: Are you finding the “author’s page” to be a manageable thing? a helpful thing? I’ve had a couple of people say that I should go and do likewise, so I’m pondering it, trying to weigh benefits against hassle . . .
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I’ve found it pretty easy. The only problem is that I don’t seem to get notifications when someone sends me a private message through the page, but that’s probably fixable in the settings. It’s a useful way to gain more followers and make your posts public and shareable while still having privacy on your personal page.
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That’s helpful to know — and also that you have maintained a “personal” page. I think it may help some with the overwhelming flow of data on the one page I now have . . . maybe?
Thanks, Jessica, for this input.
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Yay! Commenting here and shared your post on Twitter. 🙂
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Drawing entry here!! Under the wire!!
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Judith, Hunger is amazing. I’m reading it now. It’s really different from Glennon’s book, but the same in that it’s a really good writer telling the truth.
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