Every October, I join over 1,000 bloggers, writing every day on a specific theme. You can read the collections here, beginning with the most current:
October 2015
Day 1 — 31 Letters from London: A New Series
Day 2 — That’s Rubbish!
Day 3 — Laboring with Your Mind
Day 4 — Sabbath
Day 5 — On Transitions in Parenting
Day 6 — On Legalism and Why I Haven’t Written About it
Day 7 — When You Forget Who You Are
Day 8 — It’s All About the Bread
Day 9 — Navigating Urban Life
Day 10 — What Rhythm Does
Day 11 — Sabbath
Day 12 — Practicing the Pause
Day 13 — The Most Brave Thing People May Witness in You Today
Day 14 — Timing is Everything: Why Waiting for the {Right} Go Matters
Day 15 — When We Shine
Day 16 — Re-evaluating Interruptions
Day 17 — When You Are Empty
Day 18 — Sabbath
Day 19 — When You Realize Life is Precious
Day 20 — Let’s Talk About That Taboo Subject {Money}
October 2014
Day One: An Imperfect Journey to London
Day Two: I Don’t Know and I’m Okay with That {Today}
Day Three: The Preparation in Poverty
Day Four: A Little Secret About Hope
Day Five: Choose Beauty
Day Six: Our New Home
Day Seven: On Avoiding the Church
Day Eight: Perspective is a Curious {and Sometimes Humorous} Thing
Day Nine: Help, I’m in Transition!
Day Ten: A London Playdate {and Giveaway}
Day Eleven: Ache of a Mother’s Heart
Day Twelve: Dancing Season
Day Thriteen: What it Means to be Sober Minded
Day Fourteen: If You Can’t be in London, Watch British Television
Day Fifteen: When You Need Rescuing
Day Sixteen: Listen and Mind the Gap
Day Seventeen: Tea Anyone?
Day Eighteen: A Saturday Saunter into New Culture
Day Nineteen: Small Doses of Quiet
Day Twenty: When God Offends You With Waiting
Day Twenty-One: When the News Isn’t What You Hope
Day Twenty-Two: How Our Journey to London Began
Day Twenty-Three: Missing the Obvious
Day Twenty-Four: Momentum is Building
Day Twenty-Five: Waiting is For the Birds
Day Twenty-Six: Making Time for Conversation
Day Twenty-Seven: What If Jesus Isn’t Enough
Day Twenty-Eight: On Hospitality and Seasons of Loss
Day Twenty-Nine: Help Me Remember
Day Thirty: On Introductions, Friendship and British Writers
Day Thirty-One: Ten Things I Learned From YOU This Month
October 2013
Below is a reading schedule for The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown. Redemptions Beauty Book Club is a companion to the series but not a requirement. Organic conversations will happen in the comments regardless if you read along or not. If you want further insight and discussion, just click the book club link to access a private Facebook Page. We meet on Thursdays with new questions but the flow is ongoing. We’d love to have you.
October 3: #1 Letting Go of What People Think & #2 Perfectionism
October 10: #3 Letting Go of Numbing and Powerlessness & #4 Letting Go of Scarcity
October17: #5 Letting Go of the Need for Certainty & #6 Letting Go of Comparison
October 24: #7 Letting Go of Exhaustion as a Status Symbol & Productivity as Self-Worth & #8 Letting Go of Anxiety as a Lifestyle
October 31: #9 Letting Go of Self Doubt & #10 Letting Go of Being in Control
Day 1: Letting Go in the Deep End - A 31-Days Series - this post explains where we’re going and what you can expect.
Day 2: Keeping it Real: When Authenticity Feels Wrong
Day 3: Letting Go of How Others Perceive {and Receive} You by Holley Gerth
Day 4: When You’re Stuck in Perfectionism
Day 5: Letting Go in Their Words: When Interruption is a Gift by Michelle DeRusha
Day 6: Letting Go of Following the Crowd - Week 39
Day 7: When Hope Comes With an Ultimatum
Day 8: When Hope Comes With as Ultimatum {Part 2}
Day 9: When You Want to Make Good Decision but Fear Chooses Wrong
Day 10: How to Let Go of Your Need to be Okay by Emily Wierenga
Day 11: The Trouble with Extraordinary
Day 12: Letting Go in Their Words
Day 13: Letting Go to Draw Near
Day 14: Letting Go of Fear of the Unknown and Anxiety
Day 15: How Blogging Cures My Addiction to Certainty
Day 16: Birds on a Wire: The Gifts of Comparison
Day 17: For When We Can’t Quit Comparing by Duane Scott
Day 18: When You Hit a Wall and the Door is Vulnerability
Day 19: Letting Go in Their Words
Day 20: Let Go of Being in Charge of Your Life
Day 21: Letting Go of Productivity As Self-Worth
Day 22: Non-Negotiables of Wholehearted Living
Day 23: When You Fear You’ve Been Found Out
Day 24: When the Pressure is Building by Amber Haines
Day 25: What You Hope People Will Take From You
Day 26: Letting Go in Their Words
Day 27: When You Feel Small
Day 28: Letting Go of “Supposed To”
Day 29: When You Think It’s About Blogging, And Then It’s Not
Day 30: The “Me Too” Factor: Letting Go of Self-Doubt
Day 31: Letting Go of Cool to Embrace Goofy
October 2012
Day 1: I Never Expected This
Day 2: No Apologies - Wisdom from Lauren Winner
Day 3: Letting Go of the Schedule
Day 4: Letting Go of Expectations
Day 5: When You Wonder if Anyone is Listening
Day 6: Letting Go of Routine
Day 7: Cease Striving
Day 8: Letting Go of the Past
Day 9: Letting Go - In Her Words {Guest Post and Giveaway}
Day 10: Stepping on Toes to Freedom
Day 11: Letting Go of Measuring Up
Day 12: When Letting Go Hurts
Day 13: Pilgrims Surrender
Day 14: Letting Go of Trying to Figure it Out
Day 15: When You Let Go of the Right to Be Loved
Day 16: Sneaky Self-Sufficiency
Day 17: Chili, Church Talk, and Choosing to Let Go of Being Understood
Day 18: On Influence, Division, and Letting Go Before You’re Ready
Day 19: When Recognition Rips You Wide Open
Day 20: When Letting Go Seems Foolish
Day 21: Illumination
Day 22: For the Forlorn, Fractured and Forgotten
Day 23: On Writing, Loss, and Letting Go of Resentment
Day 24: Let Go of the Measuring Stick, You Are Enough
Day 25: When It’s Okay to Let Go of Being An Adult
Day 26: Letting Go of Preconceived Notions About Being the Church
Day 27: Acceptance
Day 28: Because This is What Makes Letting Go Possible
Day 29: Trust, Tenacity, and Letting Go of Fear
Day 30: Will You Join Me?
