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What if you're just beginning again?
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Dear Reader, In the last two emails, I introduced some of the reader 'avatars' that have helped me shape the messages in "Eating Adverbs." Overall, there are seven such avatars that I have been considering as I craft the book, but there is one in particular that really helped form some of the later chapters in the book's first drafts. I call it the "Bewildered Beginner." Not everyone is starting fresh. Some are starting over. Whether you’re rebuilding after a loss or rediscovering life in a quieter season, solo joy can be a powerful companion. The Bewildered Beginner
You’ve been through something: a loss, a shift, or a season that changed everything. And now, you’re rebuilding — slowly, cautiously, maybe even reluctantly. This avatar grew out of my personal experience of divorce and the resulting sense of being lost - trying to remember how to be alone and independent again.
"Eating Adverbs" is a book for those learning to choose joy again. It doesn’t ask you to leap. It invites you to notice. To savor. To reclaim small rituals that remind you: you’re still here. And there’s beauty in that. Small moments like solo dinners, quiet walks, moments of silent meditation aren't escapes - they’re beginnings.
If this feels like the kind of gentle encouragement you need, you will see yourself in the book. Your healing deserves celebration. And if this reminds you of someone you know, please share this information with them. Together we can shift the paradigms around what it means to 'be alone' and flourish in solo activities. EXCITING NEWS!In my next email, I have some special news about this project! I am truly buzzing about it - so keep an eye out in your inbox! Adverbially Yours, Tommy PS: In the meantime, check out the pre-sale video created by the publisher:
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The Adverbial Life
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Hi, Reader! I just published my first post on my new Substack, Eating Adverbs. I had planned to use the Substack to share excerpts from my gratitude archive and build toward the book launch. But something happened in January that changed everything, and what came out instead was a post I wasn't planning to write: about retiring from my career, losing my identity, and realizing I'm living a chapter of my own book that I didn't know I was writing. It's called "The Bewildered Beginner," and it's...
Issue #7 - 03/07/2026 The Adverbial Life Notes on Thriving Solo Greetings Reader! I went quiet for a few months. Not because I ran out of things to say, of course. If you know me at all, you know that’s never the problem. I went quiet because the book needed everything I had. And now, here’s the sentence I’ve been waiting to write: Eating Adverbs publishes this spring. The e-book arrives in May. The physical book follows in June. I’m not going to pretend that feels casual. It doesn’t. I...
Issue #6 - 10/19/2025 The Adverbial Life Notes on Thriving Solo Greetings Reader! Some beginnings arrive with fanfare. Others slip in quietly. It's odd to me sometimes just how unobtrusive a powerful beginning can be. This Eating Adverbs book project for instance, started with a simple ten-minute Zoom call with the publisher. There was nothing planned, nothing formed, no clear idea if I even had the capacity to write a book. We just chatted about my fascination with solo activities. But that...