First post of 2024! In my last post, I mentioned how I had been thinking a lot about my why . In the intervening weeks, I've found myself thinking about this experience in a different framework--Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey (this came up during a zoom with Joyce and I can't get it out of my head!). For those of you who aren't familiar with it, Joseph Campbell's monomyth model is an often-used framework for writing fiction. There are several versions of the model, but I'm going to use the 6 stage model. The 6 stages are: setting forth (the call), threshold , world of unfamiliar (road of trials), nadir (abyss), return threshold , and rebirth/return . Y'all know I love my Star Wars, and so I could not pass up the opportunity to use Luke Skywalker to illustrate the model. You'll also know what scene comes to mind in regard to the quote opening this post. 😆 Looking back through my posts, I think I've covered the first three stages