🎉 100 subscribers, as of last week!

It took me a minute to want to celebrate. I’d been looking forward to crossing this threshold, and then when it came, I couldn’t help but reflect on how much time I’ve poured into Substack lately. Time I could’ve spent with my family, taking care of myself, checking off household to-do’s, or sleeping, which is often the first to get axed when I’m trying to create my article no one asked for and not many will read.

But I was also reminded of all the good I would’ve never experienced.

I came here to write so that I could crawl out of my own head and squash the anxieties of life that have been weighing heavier than they should & I’ve managed to do exactly that.

I was also hoping to find inspiration from others who’ve walked through some form of darkness and came out better for it, and wow, did substack deliver.

I can almost recount every single backstory or point of connection from each and every one of my 100+ subscribers and I hope I’m able to continue that. That means I’ve found value, quality, and the realness in humans that I’ve been thinking the world was sorely missing.

It turns out, I’ve been taking care of myself here all along, and am now able to show up better because of it in my real life, thanks largely in part to all of you.

I hope I’m able to offer more of the same right back in your direction. Thank you all for being here & even more for sticking around. 🫶🏻✨