In this caregiver spotlight episode, meet writer and roller derby referee Sherilyn Lee from LA who became a caregiver 24 hours after attending Burning Man. Sherilyn has cared for her grandparents, her father and her lifelong friend and has provided simultaneous care from different locations. In this episode we discuss relentless advocacy, intentional writing, grief, Hawaiian culture, the importance of play, email overwhelm, and the unexpected gifts from overhearing conversations.

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• Sherilyn Lee is a writer from Los Angeles. Her full-time caregiving journey began in September 2016. Within 24 hours of returning home from Burning Man, she landed on Kauai to care for her grandparents and in the following 18 months, she also cared for her childhood pen pal and lifelong friend in Santa Cruz, and her father in the San Francisco Bay Area. Three of her four care recipients are now deceased.
• Sherilyn’s boyfriend Grant is a photographer for the Burning Man organization and they met on Match. They stay connected near and far by playing Scrabble.
• Sherilyn is a roller derby referee and her boyfriend is a photographer for the LA Derby Dolls.
• Checkout Instagram.
  

   

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  Not #overheard, I said this to my @lyft driver this week. I felt over it today when I was running a bunch of errands. . . #OverheardbySherilynWrites #conversation #listen #handwriting #quoteoftheday #qotd #indexcard #indexcardaday #MakeArtEveryday #CreateDaily #CreateEveryday #amwriting #writersofinstagram #overit #gohigh #exhausted #wornout #grief #caregiving #vulnerability #dailygram #instagood #grocery #shopping #errands #chores #livingmybestlife . . . #OverheardbySherilynWrites998

  A post shared by Sherilyn Lee (@sherilynwrites) on Mar 19, 2019 at 9:38pm PDT

   

   

   

   

   

• Sherilyn gifted Elizabeth of a Chatbook of some of her Instagram overheard posts.
• Sherilyn uses WhatsApp to check in daily with her writing partners and make writing an intentional practice and she participates in the page a day Instagram project. Elizabeth formed the habit behind Happy Healthy Calendar by starting a #100daysofHealthy on Instagram
• Elizabeth shared a tool called Unroll.me to help manage your email inbox.
• Check out the Instapot Bible!

• The lightning round questions came from Elizabeth’s Just for You: a Daily Self-Care Journal and this tool can be a great gateway to building an intentional writing habit.
• Connect with Sherilyn Lee on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

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