STUDY HALL

an experiment in showing up — eight weeks, starting July 15th

There's a difference between wanting something and making time for it.

Most of us are very good at the first one and very bad at the second. We carry the want around for years — sometimes so long we stop noticing we're carrying it. Other times we know exactly what we want and still can't seem to clear the space for it, because life is loud and our brains are difficult and "later" is always right there, available, easy to reach for.

But you deserve to have a life that lights you up, you deserve to have room for you in your life, you deserve to remember that what you want matters. it’s worth showing up for.

STUDY HALL IS HERE FOR YOU

Study Hall is an experiment in showing up. What happens when you take a couple of hours a week and tend to your desire? It doesn't have to be big steps, and you don't have to go in with a plan. What if you can trust that showing up and making space for your desire is all you have to do?

What is it exactly, though?

AN 8-PART AUDIO SERIES ON SHOWING UP FOR DESIRE

At the centre of this season of Study Hall is an eight-part audio series — a short voice note from me, every Monday, on the theme of desire.

This is the thread that guides the container. We'll talk about creating experiments, exploring imaginary lives, the shame of being too enthusiastic, how (and why) you should love what you love out loud, the myth that you have to be good from the start, what to do when you haven't wanted something in ages, what to do if you don't even know what you want yet.

DESIRE DATES

The voice notes are a companion piece to the other half of Study Hall, which is desire dates. This is the showing up piece, the practical tending to your desire the same way you'd tend to any relationship you actually want to keep.

You might use this time to finally fill that sketchbook, write the chapters you've been thinking about, journal, do yoga, explore what it actually feels like to call yourself an artist, finish that quilt or figure out what its that you even want.

For those that prefer external structure there are live sessions every Wednesday. These are open-ended, loosely structured body doubling sessions — we show up, we declare an intention, we work (or rest, or stare at the wall), we check in, we celebrate wins. For those that can't attend live, guidance will be provided for how you might want to structure your own session so that you can show up with intention and purpose.

WHO THIS IS FOR

People who've been quietly shrinking a want down to something more manageable, and are ready to stop doing that. This could look like:

• Getting your ducks in a row so you can confidently tell your partner you want a divorce

• Journaling your way into dating for the first time as a queer person — and planning how to actually make it happen

• A weekly meeting with your creative desire, just to see what it wants to explore

• Rebuilding the habit of a tarot practice and a weekly reflection

• A weekly money date (because wanting more money is a perfectly reasonable desire)

• Finally giving an hour a week to the art, the book, the craft you've been circling