Chasing Squirrels

I love cryptic crosswords. You might enjoy Sudoku puzzles. Or baking. Or knitting. Maybe you enjoy building model airplanes. Or you draw. Maybe you love repairing bikes.

For you, any of these activities might be what the author and coach Martha Beck calls “squirrel passions” (Martha Beck, Beyond Anxiety). A “squirrel passion” is something we do because we thought “that’s cool” at some point in our lives. So we went and learned more about it. And kept going.

No matter whether your English feels like its life is all work and no fun, or whether it happily “chases squirrels” from time to time: This episode is for you.