by Dave Ursillo | Feb 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last night, I was overcome with a twisted, sickening feeling in my stomach. I was thinking about the $20,000 in yearly rent I’ll soon be paying while living in New York City (still not knowing when I’m moving or where I’ll be living), in addition to a $3,000...
by Dave Ursillo | Feb 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
If you were given the chance to conquer one of your greatest fears for $1000, would you do it? (As for me, well, I’m not sure if getting paid $1000 would really be enough.) Now, what if you were given the opportunity to conquer one of your greatest fears, while...
by Dave Ursillo | Aug 15, 2023 | Chronicles of a Self-Storied Life
In 2019 — honestly, where does the time go? — I wrote a story about a letter that I had been avoiding for the previous decade.No, the letter was not the remnant of a forlorn love affair. It wasn’t a relic of the past that I was afraid to open, or whose contents...
by Dave Ursillo | May 31, 2023 | Podcast
I woke up yesterday morning feeling like I had gotten into a fight with a basketball hoop… and lost.My feet (and toes?) were aching. My legs felt more heavy and sore than from just my usual 3-mile run. Muscles in my upper back twinged in strange places, and I...
by Dave Ursillo | Mar 21, 2023 | Client Stories + Conversations
“Is my podcast over?”This half-worried, half-earnest thought crossed my mind somewhere in the middle of my most recent interview on The New Story Is, my podcast, which streams for free wherever you get podcasts. What I heard made me quietly wonder to myself, “Am I...