I hope everyone enjoyed their Holidays as much as I did! I wanted to update readers on some upcoming changes to the newsletter. First, a big thanks for reading! I enjoy writing this and hope you find some fun and value in reading. I’ve been writing steadily for almost two years now. It has been a great experience, and I hope to make it better in the future. This brings me to my second point: I will turn off paid subscriptions. Given the timing of when I started writing, this will probably happen sometime in late April or May. I appreciate the support that my handful of paid subscribers have provided (thanks, Mom!), but I find that it increases my stress for publishing. Even though I only have a handful of subscribers, I feel I should publish regularly since people are paying to hear from me. That’s just not where my life and mind are right now. Typically, what happens is I get some ideas, sit and write for a day or couple of days, and then have several articles in the queue to hit my bi-monthly schedule. I enjoy the stream of consciousness of writing, and rather than feel forced to publish on any particular schedule; I’d rather publish when the thoughts come. That doesn’t feel like the most user-friendly paid service description, so I’ve decided to go subscription-free for a while. So that means you might hear from me more, or maybe less, but definitely irregularly! If I decide to revisit the situation, I will let you know.
I feel the same regarding going paid. Takes the fun out of writing when it feels forced.