I came to Substack in March to prove I could stick with something. Not get excited, set everything up, lose momentum then leave. So no, no five year plan, no strategy, no idea.
But in this I've found my people who I care about more than I admit.
Success for me here would be helping each other been seen where they otherwise wouldn't.
Now I'm here and Im already thinking of spending my first Christmas with you all 🫂
I loved this!!!! I think genuinely you are the most authentic person i have found on here so far. You arrived and said hello the first week i joined substack and we have spoken everyday since...for me if that is all that comes from ky journey on here i will be happy with that!! You aee brilliant and i look forward to everythimg you post!
Right enough of the soppy nice shit, this was proper mushy 🤮🤣
It resonated with me alot and i feel very seen 🤗🙏🤣
😂😂 Mate, ok, you were so right, this was weird to read because I really was like, hang on… have I accidentally written this under another name? (no name to be more accurate.. fucking lol)
Different topics, different brains, and yup same conclusion in both our essays.
I genially shouted THANKGOD, at the content impulse statement because YES, SAME!! People keep telling us to find a niche, and meanwhile we’re over here writing whatever has hijacked our brain that day 🤪
The biggest thing I took from this though is that we both seem to have accidentally stumbled into the exact same lesson.
The minute I stopped trying to write what I thought people wanted, and started writing what genuinely fascinated me, things started growing anyway. Which is deeply inconvenient for all the experts. Sorry guys, your advice sucks. 😂
Also, as I mentioned in my essay, I have become completely convinced that people don’t actually subscribe to topics.
They subscribe to people.
If they’re only there because you write about ADHD, they’ll leave the minute you write about something else. But if they’re there because they like how you think, they’ll follow you from ADHD to kangaroos to existential crises to whatever completely unrelated rabbit hole you disappear into next.
Which, thankfully, is how both our brains seem to operate. 🤣
This was so great Thankyou for existing in this space at the same time I do.
well, you say that, I seem to have a very uncanny skill - when I write about addiction - the addicts do not comment - but I don’t think they unsub. My real skill I have found is in the ADHD genre - when I write about that - I lose a minimum of 5 - my 1980’s “fucking deal with it” language style language needs some refining and fine tuning.
I won’t lie - I find it hard - I don’t understand the language, metaphor, and therapy style speech and I don’t think they are a fan of the - fucking adhd fucking rabbit holes and loops talk.
But I’m learning (I think).
And yes, thanks for reading, and agree on the points made -
Until the next time I hijack your feed - oh, also, the ADHD etiquette with dropping links into comments - if that was like speeding points fines - man I’d have topped out and lost my license at least 7 times already
Well @Eva Solen some people remain focused for a long time - others don’t even reach the 100 day mark before a second account appears - and not only that - it’s a cat - but it wasn’t his fault… if you would like to lose 5 minutes of your life… this is where it started - lol
Relieved to hear you broke all the rules and are steadily hanging in. I am not so sure I’ve even stuck to the- write at least one article a week rule 👀. Definitely not consistent. But I do enjoy coming here to read and write when I feel moved to.
You are authentic and that will either resonate with people or won’t. Congrats again on your accomplishment outranking the Fonda 🎉looking forward to more of your work.
click on the recommended for you on the right hand side which will have a list of profiles - and then you’ll see a bar of tabs along the top - scroll along to health and wellness - i can give you screen shots if you cant see where to find it.
I was never a social media person. Ultimately I forgot passwords and got locked out for good😂. My husband keeps sending me posts from there on health, side effects of mobile 🤦♀️ etc, so I have one or two installed, but unopened mostly.
Then I stumbled upon substack and just love wandering here like a lost soul. Made a couple of friends. Hope I stick around and write some. No plans and strategies. I genuinely enjoy what I am putting out there and reading all the great articles published.
This is lovely. You are always welcome to hang with us. By us, you’ll find a small group of fairly good, kind, vocal people - who will happily laugh at themselves…. and others of course 😁
Thank you, for all the posts and all the generous support. You’ve helped me understand some members of my own family in a way I haven’t been able to before. And well done on the numbers 😀
I don’t know really - I’m sure in those 18 months there are things you are extremely proud to have written and you have a very loyal base of supporters - is it better to have 10k subs and make no real connections or 300 subs and have a few subs that know who you are and why you are here?
I don’t know what the answers are. I guess it depends what success means to each of us.
I’m sure you have posts that have been popular right?
I’m quite competitive and ran a reasonably successful blog back in the day; but I’m not here for awards - I’m just enjoying a space to write. However, I wanted to celebrate your Stack growth as in my eyes I would deem it a success. So cheers 🥂- you are resonating and your voice is being heard 📣
This stopped me in my tracks. I have spent more time than I care to admit watching numbers move in the wrong direction and wondering what I did wrong. I finally had to make a rule for myself: write the piece, publish it, and then walk away. The numbers are not the reader. The reader is the person who needed those words on a Tuesday morning and never told you.
I came to Substack in March to prove I could stick with something. Not get excited, set everything up, lose momentum then leave. So no, no five year plan, no strategy, no idea.
But in this I've found my people who I care about more than I admit.
Success for me here would be helping each other been seen where they otherwise wouldn't.
Now I'm here and Im already thinking of spending my first Christmas with you all 🫂
💕 love this.
I can’t promise I’ll be here at Christmas but lets give it a whirl
Really Kelly? Me too😅 I find it hard to stick to something. I hope I stick around 😊
I loved this!!!! I think genuinely you are the most authentic person i have found on here so far. You arrived and said hello the first week i joined substack and we have spoken everyday since...for me if that is all that comes from ky journey on here i will be happy with that!! You aee brilliant and i look forward to everythimg you post!
Right enough of the soppy nice shit, this was proper mushy 🤮🤣
It resonated with me alot and i feel very seen 🤗🙏🤣
Have you been on a 48 hours drug fueled bender and now just at the start of the comedown?
I’m happy that it landed.
Yeahhh thats exactly what has happened here hahahaah
👏🏻
I think you need to update the “Not more than 75 likes on an article” soon.
😂😂 Mate, ok, you were so right, this was weird to read because I really was like, hang on… have I accidentally written this under another name? (no name to be more accurate.. fucking lol)
Different topics, different brains, and yup same conclusion in both our essays.
I genially shouted THANKGOD, at the content impulse statement because YES, SAME!! People keep telling us to find a niche, and meanwhile we’re over here writing whatever has hijacked our brain that day 🤪
The biggest thing I took from this though is that we both seem to have accidentally stumbled into the exact same lesson.
The minute I stopped trying to write what I thought people wanted, and started writing what genuinely fascinated me, things started growing anyway. Which is deeply inconvenient for all the experts. Sorry guys, your advice sucks. 😂
Also, as I mentioned in my essay, I have become completely convinced that people don’t actually subscribe to topics.
They subscribe to people.
If they’re only there because you write about ADHD, they’ll leave the minute you write about something else. But if they’re there because they like how you think, they’ll follow you from ADHD to kangaroos to existential crises to whatever completely unrelated rabbit hole you disappear into next.
Which, thankfully, is how both our brains seem to operate. 🤣
This was so great Thankyou for existing in this space at the same time I do.
well, you say that, I seem to have a very uncanny skill - when I write about addiction - the addicts do not comment - but I don’t think they unsub. My real skill I have found is in the ADHD genre - when I write about that - I lose a minimum of 5 - my 1980’s “fucking deal with it” language style language needs some refining and fine tuning.
I won’t lie - I find it hard - I don’t understand the language, metaphor, and therapy style speech and I don’t think they are a fan of the - fucking adhd fucking rabbit holes and loops talk.
But I’m learning (I think).
And yes, thanks for reading, and agree on the points made -
Until the next time I hijack your feed - oh, also, the ADHD etiquette with dropping links into comments - if that was like speeding points fines - man I’d have topped out and lost my license at least 7 times already
This is the most accurate how to do Substack I’ve ever read. And I for one I’m very glad you continue to keep writing.
Well @Eva Solen some people remain focused for a long time - others don’t even reach the 100 day mark before a second account appears - and not only that - it’s a cat - but it wasn’t his fault… if you would like to lose 5 minutes of your life… this is where it started - lol
https://substack.com/@mentalhellthtrenches/note/p-203200561?r=143ty1&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
Relieved to hear you broke all the rules and are steadily hanging in. I am not so sure I’ve even stuck to the- write at least one article a week rule 👀. Definitely not consistent. But I do enjoy coming here to read and write when I feel moved to.
You are authentic and that will either resonate with people or won’t. Congrats again on your accomplishment outranking the Fonda 🎉looking forward to more of your work.
Thank you 🙏
I still have so much to learn about Substack. Until I read this, I didn’t even know about Health and Wellness rankings. How do you even check that?
click on the recommended for you on the right hand side which will have a list of profiles - and then you’ll see a bar of tabs along the top - scroll along to health and wellness - i can give you screen shots if you cant see where to find it.
I was never a social media person. Ultimately I forgot passwords and got locked out for good😂. My husband keeps sending me posts from there on health, side effects of mobile 🤦♀️ etc, so I have one or two installed, but unopened mostly.
Then I stumbled upon substack and just love wandering here like a lost soul. Made a couple of friends. Hope I stick around and write some. No plans and strategies. I genuinely enjoy what I am putting out there and reading all the great articles published.
This is lovely. You are always welcome to hang with us. By us, you’ll find a small group of fairly good, kind, vocal people - who will happily laugh at themselves…. and others of course 😁
Thank you. I certainly love a good laugh, regardless of who's the butt of the joke. So count me in 😄
😁
Thank you, for all the posts and all the generous support. You’ve helped me understand some members of my own family in a way I haven’t been able to before. And well done on the numbers 😀
Ahh thank you Clare… that’s real success for me - thank you 🙏
Leapfrogged Jane Fonda eh ?! Your success on here has been well earned … heart and soul you’ve gone for it ! Congrats x
Man I love this!!
It completely resonates with me.
I've tried (and failed) at social media to this point.
But that has come with me trying to do all the wanky advice too.
The niche, the posting frequency, the tuna slapping.....
But, I've found if I write when and what I want to, the right people will find me and I'll find them.
Mate, I’m none the wiser - I don’t even know what success means to me here - I guess I’ll find that out - or does it even matter.
I’m glad it struck a chord with you - because that was the whole point - to say - play by your own rules and have fun -
Yep I'm just going to keep posting what I want to write and see where it goes!!
Sounds like success to me - I’ve been on here 18 months and nowhere fucking near that! So huzzah!! 🙌🏻
I don’t know really - I’m sure in those 18 months there are things you are extremely proud to have written and you have a very loyal base of supporters - is it better to have 10k subs and make no real connections or 300 subs and have a few subs that know who you are and why you are here?
I don’t know what the answers are. I guess it depends what success means to each of us.
I’m sure you have posts that have been popular right?
I’m quite competitive and ran a reasonably successful blog back in the day; but I’m not here for awards - I’m just enjoying a space to write. However, I wanted to celebrate your Stack growth as in my eyes I would deem it a success. So cheers 🥂- you are resonating and your voice is being heard 📣
🙏
This stopped me in my tracks. I have spent more time than I care to admit watching numbers move in the wrong direction and wondering what I did wrong. I finally had to make a rule for myself: write the piece, publish it, and then walk away. The numbers are not the reader. The reader is the person who needed those words on a Tuesday morning and never told you.
Exactly. Write it. Publish it. Repeat. And have fun too 😄
Great post! Well done, especially for not abandoning it all after the first couple of weeks! And for all the achievements!
But especially for bringing so many great people together.
This is spot on - "Engage with the small community of great people in your circle and never lose sight of them"
And as Kelly said above, if we are all still here by Christmas, I can only imagine all the fun 😆
Love the pics too!!!