I Used to Have a Plan
Balm for the soulāInstagram star Alessandra Olanow offers advice, inspiration, and encouragement for anyone who needs a shoulder to lean on during a difficult time.
āI Know This Too Shall Pass. (But It Would Be Helpful to Know When).ā
After a series of events left her a divorced single mother questioning herself, her relationships, and basically, everything she thought was true about her āpicture-perfectā life, Alessandra Olanow began drawing and posting illustrations on Instagram that reflected her feelings and struggles to right her life. She chronicled her journey of healing, expressing the shock, delusion, denial, self-pity, and self-doubt she experienced and the self-empathy and forgiveness that ultimately helped her regain a sense of selfābut stronger, more fearless, and more hopeful than before. Her charming illustrations and keen, memorable observationsāstruck a chord. Within a year, her audience grew dramatically, from 9,500 to 157,000 followers, including celebrities Katie Couric, Jennifer Garner, Elise Loehnen (chief content officer at Goop), the poet Joao Doederlein, and Joanna Goddard (founder of A Cup of Jo).
I Used to Have a PlanĀ brings Olanowās soothing sensibility to a wider audience, featuring new drawings and ideas that touch upon the universal experiences of unexpected change and loss. Divided into five partsāāI Didnāt See That Coming,ā āItās OK That Youāre Not OK,ā āWhereād I Go,ā āThe Only Way Out Is Through,ā and āI Like It Here, Can I Stay a While?āāthe book beautifully encapsulates the experience of encountering difficulty, processing it and healing from it, and becoming stronger and with a better sense of self.
Full of advice, commiseration, empathy, and wit that is comforting, helpful, direct, and remarkable in its truth,Ā I Used to Have a PlanĀ helps everyone through the painful yet ultimately uplifting process of healing.
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Balm for the soulāInstagram star Alessandra Olanow offers advice, inspiration, and encouragement for anyone who needs a shoulder to lean on during a difficult time.
āI Know This Too Shall Pass. (But It Would Be Helpful to Know When).ā
After a series of events left her a divorced single mother questioning herself, her relationships, and basically, everything she thought was true about her āpicture-perfectā life, Alessandra Olanow began drawing and posting illustrations on Instagram that reflected her feelings and struggles to right her life. She chronicled her journey of healing, expressing the shock, delusion, denial, self-pity, and self-doubt she experienced and the self-empathy and forgiveness that ultimately helped her regain a sense of selfābut stronger, more fearless, and more hopeful than before. Her charming illustrations and keen, memorable observationsāstruck a chord. Within a year, her audience grew dramatically, from 9,500 to 157,000 followers, including celebrities Katie Couric, Jennifer Garner, Elise Loehnen (chief content officer at Goop), the poet Joao Doederlein, and Joanna Goddard (founder of A Cup of Jo).
I Used to Have a PlanĀ brings Olanowās soothing sensibility to a wider audience, featuring new drawings and ideas that touch upon the universal experiences of unexpected change and loss. Divided into five partsāāI Didnāt See That Coming,ā āItās OK That Youāre Not OK,ā āWhereād I Go,ā āThe Only Way Out Is Through,ā and āI Like It Here, Can I Stay a While?āāthe book beautifully encapsulates the experience of encountering difficulty, processing it and healing from it, and becoming stronger and with a better sense of self.
Full of advice, commiseration, empathy, and wit that is comforting, helpful, direct, and remarkable in its truth,Ā I Used to Have a PlanĀ helps everyone through the painful yet ultimately uplifting process of healing.
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Balm for the soulāInstagram star Alessandra Olanow offers advice, inspiration, and encouragement for anyone who needs a shoulder to lean on during a difficult time.
āI Know This Too Shall Pass. (But It Would Be Helpful to Know When).ā
After a series of events left her a divorced single mother questioning herself, her relationships, and basically, everything she thought was true about her āpicture-perfectā life, Alessandra Olanow began drawing and posting illustrations on Instagram that reflected her feelings and struggles to right her life. She chronicled her journey of healing, expressing the shock, delusion, denial, self-pity, and self-doubt she experienced and the self-empathy and forgiveness that ultimately helped her regain a sense of selfābut stronger, more fearless, and more hopeful than before. Her charming illustrations and keen, memorable observationsāstruck a chord. Within a year, her audience grew dramatically, from 9,500 to 157,000 followers, including celebrities Katie Couric, Jennifer Garner, Elise Loehnen (chief content officer at Goop), the poet Joao Doederlein, and Joanna Goddard (founder of A Cup of Jo).
I Used to Have a PlanĀ brings Olanowās soothing sensibility to a wider audience, featuring new drawings and ideas that touch upon the universal experiences of unexpected change and loss. Divided into five partsāāI Didnāt See That Coming,ā āItās OK That Youāre Not OK,ā āWhereād I Go,ā āThe Only Way Out Is Through,ā and āI Like It Here, Can I Stay a While?āāthe book beautifully encapsulates the experience of encountering difficulty, processing it and healing from it, and becoming stronger and with a better sense of self.
Full of advice, commiseration, empathy, and wit that is comforting, helpful, direct, and remarkable in its truth,Ā I Used to Have a PlanĀ helps everyone through the painful yet ultimately uplifting process of healing.
