I’ve been working on the site for a few weeks now, but I had intended to officially launch on Tuesday. I guess that was an appropriately soft deadline!
I got derailed early in the week by travel gone amuck and although I was tempted to revert to my old harder/faster/stronger ways, I realized that rushing around, stressing out and pulling an all-nighter wasn’t exactly going to be walking the talk of Being Softer with myself! I also realized that this was a self-imposed deadline (as so many are, really), and thus, flexible if I could let go of the need to line up with a random calendar date!
So here we are. I’ll be here five days a week, offering suggestions and stories about how to be kinder to yourself, to others, and to the planet. Please take a look around and tell me what you think! I welcome your comments, suggestions, encouragement and ideas! (To learn more about why I built this site see What’s the Idea Behind Be Softer?
To celebrate the official launch, I am giving away a Soft Selection of goodies to one lucky new reader! On September 10, a name will be drawn randomly from people who have commented on this (or any) post or subscribed to the newsletter. (or who drop me a line to say they’ve subscribed to the site via RSS or email.) You can get an extra entry by tweeting and/or linking to the site on your blog!
The Soft Selection Prize Pack includes:
Softy Blanket and Pillow Organic Cotton Toe Sox! Grey or Pink!
Yummy All-Natural Black Berry Vanilla Body Butter Slather on yourself or a friend!
Good luck, enjoy the site, and have a soft day!
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Ariel Gordon says:
Pick me! Pick me!
September 3, 2009, 3:51 pmRob says:
Great idea!
Also: First!
September 3, 2009, 4:09 pmJules says:
Cool site!
September 4, 2009, 12:14 pmShereen says:
Polly, this is brilliant. You’ve done a fabulous job of this site, and the concept is incredibly clever, forward thinking, and oh-so-necessary. I am into this kinder softer world you are proposing!
September 4, 2009, 12:33 pmJamie says:
Oooh, count me in!! What cool softy prizes. How exciting! I tweeted about the site too
September 4, 2009, 12:42 pmRob says:
D’oh! Second, anyway.
September 4, 2009, 12:45 pmZara Lawler says:
congratulations!
September 4, 2009, 1:06 pmMary-Ann Cords says:
Polly,
September 4, 2009, 4:02 pmI am so proud of you! So grand being related to someone as brilliant as you! Love ya, thanks for the good vibes.
Mary-Ann
Shannon the Movie Moxie says:
Woohoo sounds like a great way to start living softer is with softer cozyness
September 4, 2009, 4:41 pmPat Mills says:
Polly! Congrats! We’ll all need this after our various shoots! In fact, I need organic toe sox all the time!
September 4, 2009, 9:02 pmPolly says:
Thanks everybody! Great to see you here!
And Jamie (and Lisa and Sabine) way to grab that extra entry with Twitter posts – appreciate it!
Rob, it was like a Schrodinger’s Cat thing – everyone was first until I approved the first set of comments…
September 5, 2009, 9:49 amellen says:
Congratulations and thanks, polly! I can even access softness from my phone!
September 6, 2009, 7:07 ammary ellen and walter says:
ooos, I meant, “stop action”, not “stop time”!
September 6, 2009, 7:08 am