Alright, Substackers. I need your help.

When I began writing on Substack back in 2022, my life looked a lot different. I was an independent consultant with wildly flexible hours, so keeping a weekly publishing schedule was more than manageable. I loved the consistency, and I think it led to great connections and growth in my readership. My understanding of myself as a writer also deepened. It was a rich and dynamic time.

But now, four years later, my life is way different. I have a pretty demanding full time job and other life commitments that make keeping a weekly publishing schedule nearly impossible. I’ve tried, and it just doesn’t work. And then I end up in a less than helpful spiral of self-criticism. I consider deleting Substack altogether because I can’t keep the standard I have in mind…and it creates this odd strain with the writing itself. I consider how all this would be different if I were self-employed again, or if I was a full time author, but that’s not available to me right now. The trickiest part is I feel like I’m doing my subscribers, especially those who pay for my publication, a disservice by being so inconsistent.

So I’m wondering, what do you think? What am I missing? How might I reframe all of this or approach it all differently?

Thank you in advance. 🩵