Awake at the Wheel with Jonathan Fields

Awake at the Wheel with Jonathan Fields

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Falling Behind in Life | A Letter From Love

Falling Behind in Life | A Letter From Love

Wake-Up Call #52

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Apr 13, 2025
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A year ago, my friend,

Elizabeth Gilbert
asked me to share a Letter from Love with her community.

Of course, I obliged.

I mean, Liz is awesome, and you don’t say no to love embodied.

Plus, I’d been sitting with this feeling, maybe you’ve felt it…

This notion that I’d fallen behind in my own life. I wasn’t where I thought I’d be at this age.

Maybe that would be a good topic to offer at love’s feet.

Around that time, I’d also been dancing with the idea of starting my own Substack. So I figured, “hey, why don’t I launch mine at the same time, with the intention of helping us all feel more alive, and less alone.

Liz’s invitation was the nudge I needed to make this place real.

With that, on April 21, 2024, Awake at the Wheel met the world, and my Letter from Love met Liz’s community.

Now, heading into the one-year anniversary of both, I thought I’d revisit that letter. See if Love’s words to me still resonated.

Turns out, they do.

Then, I realized, I’d never directly shared my letter with you, here, in this comm…

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