Hello Dear One!
My name is Sean Waters, and I love to write, to listen, and to read deeply. Nine years of daily journaling practice, a growing library on psychology, creativity, personal development, writing, and business, I hope to distill the best of that reading for you : quotes, quips, and questions, and a weekly synthesis of the best ideas from the week, sometimes on a specific facet of wisdom.
I hope this is a good space for people who appreciate fine reading and fine living.
I love teaching and learning. I now teach Composition on the faculty in the English Department at Colorado State University. Before that, I was teaching World Philosophy and Critical Thinkin’ in the Philosophy Department and at the local Community College. Now I lead online workshops in writing and wayfinding with the Wisdom Workshop, and I host three free rooms a week on Clubhouse.
And dear reader, I love to play. Writing here is a joy. Play with words, play with sounds, with speech, connect to my love of music… somewhat of a similar thrill you get on stage playing music. (I’ve played guitar and sang over 1000 singer-songwriter shows.)
So that’s about it — and why you should subscribe :
To get fun and playful weekly missives with invitations to read, listen, reflect, grow.
Why Subscribe?
We get to join a small, and kind community of readers who care about workshopping wisdom and appreciate a good quip or quote or questions about living the good life.
You get to share my journey as a writer and thinker … my most joyous takes on wellness, creativity, psychology, and higher education AND more personal posts to paying subscribers only. My Substack Archive, too.
You get to feel good knowing that you’re giving support to our love of writing and copy editing.
Tank you for being here! I hope you enjoy!
Sean Waters
8.14.2023
if you want a bit more context about our work …
In 2020, in an existential crisis abetted by the pandemic, I was called to synthesize my loves of teaching, reading, and creativity. So I founded the Wisdom Workshop, a purpose-driven LLC online education incubator where I could teach the courses I most wanted to take at the intersection of philosophy, writing, and creativity. Three years and 15+ cohorts later, we’re cultivating unsurpassed community of encouraging learners. Upcoming courses on the Wisdom Workshop website.
If you have a dream you want to launch, or are in the process of some existential wayfinding or life-transitions yourself, our seven-week courses might be a good fit. This newsletter, along with our 38k TikTok, and our 14k Clubhouse each came from our passion-project incubator.
