Entry #19: Words Are Important - Stacey Simms

Making sure that every single word in your story exists for a reason is a skill.It’s a skill I’m constantly sharpening and, given that I’m a bit long-winded by nature, one that I don’t know I’ll ever master.But it’s a skill that our four-year-old son puts to through its real-world paces on a nearly daily basis. Because four-year-olds have attention spans that can only be measured in nanoseconds, whenever I’m telling my son something, I need to get the main idea across using as few words as possible.This week’s guest is podcaster, author, and World’s Worst Diabetes Mom Stacey SimmsWatch the video of my conversation with Stacey Simms HERESay hello on ⁠Instagram.⁠Sign up for our occasional newsletter, ⁠The Montessori Dad⁠Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://lnkfi.re/NjBFOG⁠Sign up for Storyteller Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of all Not Today Media Shows, a supportive community of listeners, members-only merch, and more. ⁠Learn more and sign up here.⁠Join our ⁠Discord⁠We also make ⁠What's Your Story?⁠ and ⁠Come Back To Earth.⁠Check out ⁠our online shop.⁠Episode transcripts are posted on ⁠our website.⁠Show Sponsor:* BetterHelp: ⁠https://betterhelp.com/fragilemoments⁠ for 10% off your first month.* WHOOP: join.whoop.com/storyteller for a FREE WHOOP 4.0 and one month FREE. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit montessoridad.substack.com/subscribe