I have blogged on wordpress for almost 15 years. And I still love my blog! But for the rest of this year I am trying writing in this new space. Welcome to my substack newsletter.
Huzah! First comment. Twitter + Poetry was a weird page lol! I've managed to knock up a series of little blogs that are excitingly scheduled from now until 3 months in the future, every friday at 5:30pm, which should pop up as suprisingly to me as to everyone else (if anyone deigns to read them that is!)
These are excellent prompts and I am grateful for them, thank you! 3 months of scheduled content is impressive, good on you. I posted today and so that means so far I post weekly. If I can keep that up I'll be stoked.
I too am new to substack, but excited with what I'm discovering here. Including your stack.
You wrote
"When I direct someone to my old blog, I’m sending them to a web of my old ideas. Which is helpful, mostly. But not always appealing. This year, as everything keeps insisting on changing, I want to be open to letting go of some old ideas."
This challenges me. Am I too old to let go of old ideas? I find myself trying to articulate the old ones more clearly.
But with any luck I'll be challenged. I'll keep this thought of yours in mind, and try to convince my old brain that it's capable of letting go of the old. :-)
Huzah! First comment. Twitter + Poetry was a weird page lol! I've managed to knock up a series of little blogs that are excitingly scheduled from now until 3 months in the future, every friday at 5:30pm, which should pop up as suprisingly to me as to everyone else (if anyone deigns to read them that is!)
Here are my suggested topics for you to write on:
- How parenting changed me as a professional
- How time-sharing as teacher and lecturer went
- Should academics also write for fun?
These are excellent prompts and I am grateful for them, thank you! 3 months of scheduled content is impressive, good on you. I posted today and so that means so far I post weekly. If I can keep that up I'll be stoked.
HI Kelli,
I too am new to substack, but excited with what I'm discovering here. Including your stack.
You wrote
"When I direct someone to my old blog, I’m sending them to a web of my old ideas. Which is helpful, mostly. But not always appealing. This year, as everything keeps insisting on changing, I want to be open to letting go of some old ideas."
This challenges me. Am I too old to let go of old ideas? I find myself trying to articulate the old ones more clearly.
But with any luck I'll be challenged. I'll keep this thought of yours in mind, and try to convince my old brain that it's capable of letting go of the old. :-)