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Jared R Davis's avatar

So good. Can’t wait to take your WHAM quiz to get my own spider graph.

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Jody Pritchard's avatar

I was super inspired by this post. Offering Jason Isbell a prime WHAMM example and making my case here. https://jodypritchard.substack.com/p/jason-isbell-foxes-in-the-snow-and

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Jody Pritchard's avatar

This chart is genius. I tried to describe to someone the other idea how I felt lumpy on my quest to show up in life as a sphere - excelling in career for example, but feeling like a struggling 14yo in other spaces. Can't wait to read more.

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The Midlife Edit's avatar

🤝 yes! And raises good questions about how much confidence, and ego power we get from the areas we are excelling at

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Andrew Larsen's avatar

Just subscribed but I'm a novice. What the hell is WHAMMness?

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The Midlife Edit's avatar

Welcome Andrew 🙏

A basic but no doubt incomplete definition of WHAMMness would be: The state of being and traits, behaviors, and postures that characterize Wise, Humble, and Awesome Midlife Men.

I look forward to unpacking this concept, and welcome your thoughts

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Sean Cox's avatar

When will WHAM quiz be available? :)

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Alex Sugg's avatar

Love this. So good

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