I want to tell you about a new writing project I’m very excited about: I got started over on Substack so I could connect with a lot of my writer/OG blogger friends: it’s easy to read and comment on each other’s posts because they’re all under one umbrella.
I started a publication over there to claim a little more world wide web space but I have NO plans of giving up this site, my little corner of the internet that belongs to me and me only. I’m sure you’ve noticed that I don’t write nearly as much here as I used to, and it might bug you…or it might not. I know for sure that my lack of motivation bugs me. I still plan to write here every now and then; in fact, I hope my Substack account will recharge my excitement for personal writing and I’ll be back to posting here every week or ten days…we’ll see. I’m simply out of the habit so it’s time to force it a little bit.
If you really like my writing and I hope you do, please subscribe to my Substack blog, called “Protecting My Peace.” It’s got a theme, which is very different from here on this site where I have written about whatever I’m thinking, whenever I feel called to do so, since 2008.
Over there I’ll be writing about something I think a lot of people will be looking for in the next year or four: things that I have done (or am doing) to take care of my peace and my mental health. I’m not officially making recommendations because I’m no professional, but you can keep up with what I write and take whatever information you think might be helpful for you, too. I’m probably going to throw in some kindness and gratitude content too, because in my opinion that’s all connected. My plan is to write on Substack once every week. If you subscribe now, you’ll only have two or three posts to read in order to “catch up,” because that’s all I’ve written so far!
Once you sign up for a free account and subscribe to me and whoever else you find over there, if you decide to look around (I have a few recommendations that will pop up when you subscribe!), you can go to your settings and choose to receive posts by email alone, on the app alone (if you hate emails), or both. The app isn’t mandatory. If you have never heard of Substack, don’t be scared of it. It’s just another website where a bunch of writers are pushing out content. You don’t ever have to visit the actual site again once you subscribe if you choose the email option.
I’m truly excited about this and I hope you’ll keep up with me both here and there!
