this will be my shareable notes app

my goal is to have no goals here

Why this, why now?

I began blogging in 2013 with the title, Finding Joy in the Journey (which I shortened to Let’s Find Joy a couple of years later). I remember how blogging originally was. And I remember how it started to change. How products started making their way into posts.

Collaborations. Brand Partnerships. Instagram. Periscope. Discount codes. Links. Sponsorships. Swipe ups. Media Kits. Likes. Algorithms. Filters. Stories. Reels.

somanythingsallthetimeallatonce.

I remember stopping everything and how hard it was to hit delete on my Instagram with over 16,000+ followers in 2019. I had realized that social media and the landscape of it all was no longer bringing me joy, in fact it was providing me with the opposite. I had to leave it all behind to continue to find the joy in my every day life.

I now find myself yearning to write more and share again. But in a much more connected and low-key way. For the sake of joy. So, welcome to my new creative experiment! This outlet, Substack, is a blog/newsletter meld that seems to be a great way to write and share without worrying so much about all those other things.

I plan to share some of the things that I find joy in: poetry, short essays, recipes, favorite quotes, and more. I hope you’ll find joy in some of these things as well and maybe you’ll want to start writing your own Substack too?

let’s find joy together

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