Edit your life like a poem | Elisabeth Sharp McKetta | TEDxBoise
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta |
TEDxBoise
• April 2019
How can we distill our lives, placing only the ‘best parts’ at the center? Writer/educator Elisabeth Sharp McKetta tells the story of the surprising freedom she gained by leading her family toward a new life that, like a well-crafted poem, is small and has great impact.
Elisabeth is a poet, biographer, teacher, and a parent of two, who lives with her family in 275 sq. ft. With a PhD on the intersections between fairy tales and autobiography, experience teaching writing for Harvard Extension School, and a seven-year streak of writing weekly poems for strangers, she offers a unique perspective for how to edit our lives into their most energizing, loveliest forms.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx