{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66e2f93eb3f093eeccc8d85b/68cdc0cf203f72ea572cc926?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"I Turned My Life Into a Curriculum: How You Can Too","description":"<p>This episode is personal. Lately, it’s felt like everything around me has been trying to teach me something. Instead of rushing through the month, I decided to slow down and study myself. I created my own September Curriculum. And in this episode, I’m breaking it all down.</p><p><br></p><p>I’m reflecting on a powerful passage from Blues People by LeRoi Jones. I talk about the beauty of Black expression, how signs have been showing up in my life, and why I’m leaning into this moment as a student of my own growth.</p><p><br></p><p>This is a diary-style episode. Honest, reflective, layered. Just me and the mic.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>🔑 Topics We Get Into:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>How African creativity shaped how I see myself</li><li>Why 111 and 11:11 keep showing up</li><li>What it means when your life starts to feel like school</li><li>The books and documentaries teaching me right now</li><li>Learning to let go of being everything to everybody</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>📚 Books I Mention:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Blues People by LeRoi Jones</li><li>The Jasmine by Larry Tye</li><li>Black Futures by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham</li><li>But Beautiful by Geoff Dyer</li><li>What Is This Thing Called Jazz</li><li>Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington</li><li>The Black Experience in America by Norman Combs</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>🎧 This episode is for you if:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>You’ve been feeling signs but can’t make sense of them yet</li><li>You’re in a season that feels slow but sacred</li><li>You’re unlearning and relearning who you are</li><li>You want to study yourself without pressure to perform</li><li>You’re looking for permission to move at your own pace</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>💌 Subscribe to the Substack:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>For essays, updates, and deeper thoughts I couldn’t fit in the episode</p><p>→ <a href=\"https://rewrittenthoughts.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">rewrittenthoughts.substack.com</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Jasmine Lashae"}