Wildcards welcome.
“You don’t really show your hand. You keep your cards close to your chest,” a man said to me once while I was living in Paris (one of my favorite phrases to throw into a sentence, as people who know me are aware).
I’ve thought about this description of me a few times over the years. At that moment I was young, single, living in Paris. When I heard that observation I probably felt sly. Mysterious. Clever, even.
Later when I remembered that conversation, I realized there was some truth to it. That I wasn’t always being honest to the people in my life - or myself - by often being reserved and not “showing my hand.”
Today when I think about it, I do still believe the above is true. That being more open with myself and those around me is important. That being less measured and more honest is important.
I also believe, I don’t owe anyone a damn thing.
My cards are mine to play how I see fit (or not).
Anyway, UNMEASURED isn’t about poker or cards. Except maybe how we all have the option to be a wildcard at some point.
This Substack is also not about me, and what men have said to me over the years (although there’s an idea).
UNMEASURED is about life. How we calculate our lives, our personalities, our words, our success … and our strategies for dealing with the world around us.
Actually, forget that. What it’s really about are the moments where we let go of all the calculating. So we can just be. The moments when we remember we are limitless.
More than anything, UNMEASURED is about the love of words on the page.