The University of Every Waking Day
You don't have to leave your life to find it.
Connection is not something you have or don't have. It is a skill, and skills can be built, practiced, and strengthened.
The life you're living can become the life you were hungry for.
If you've tried the retreats, the apps, the books, and the classes and still feel built for more warmth than this, the ache you feel is not a flaw. It's your wiring working.
The University of Every Waking Day teaches the lost art of being human: connection and meaning practiced within the day you are already living, not chased somewhere else.
Get "The Lost Art of Being Human" manifesto and a free five-day opening practice, one short email a day. Then a weekly check-in letter every Tuesday. Unsubscribe anytime.
Hi neighbor — you're in. Day one is on its way to . Check your inbox and say yes, and I'll see you tomorrow morning.
Free. Leave whenever you like. No noise in between.
Five mornings to get you going.
Each day is one short note and one small thing to try, designed for the day you already have.
- 01Notice
- 02Greet
- 03Ask
- 04Stay
- 05Return
Then one letter, Tuesday mornings, for as long as it's good for you.
Hi, I'm Eric.
Throughout my career I've been invited into just about every social context imaginable, from inner-city schools and block parties to gated estates and country clubs and everything in between. Something I've witnessed throughout all of these adventures is that being kind always has the power to level the playing field and warm any room.
I also see how uneasy and disconnected so many of us are, and I've come to appreciate that much of what is being sold to fix it is often just selling the symptoms back to us. The retreats, the programs, the better version of you waiting down the road, dangled like a carrot.
What I realized is that the life I kept trying to get to is the one I'm already in. I only needed a shift in how I was looking, to see the openings were everywhere, the whole day quietly full of them.
Small, repeatable practices that fit inside the day we're already living are the most dependable way to build something new, so in that spirit, this work stays small on purpose.
The letter usually offers something I've noticed and something to try, and even if it's challenging, it always feels pretty good. From one neighbor to another, I believe you too can do this too.
The day you're in is not in the way. It is the way.
Come on in. The door's always open.
Start with the five days. Stay for the Tuesdays.
On its way to . Check your inbox and say yes.
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Go to the 1-Hour CourseOur name "The University of Every Waking Day" is being presented and used solely in the spirit of the idea that when we interact with our existing day as our primary context for personal evolution, we maximize opportunities for mindfulness, learning, and growth. We are NOT presenting or putting forth material under the guise of being an accredited learning institution in any jurisdiction. In all transparency, we simply like the name and how it creates an invitation to reframe the nature of how we can interact with every single day as a series of moments for personal practice.