Asia this substance is such a lifeline. I feel so connected to you as you write this. It speaks to me as someone in the edge of saying yes to motherhood. Thank you for being here
Celebrating you showing up here for a year, and I’m so grateful you have as your words have been so beautiful to receive. I feel so similar in pretty much all of your points, having been here for just over a year myself it all resonated a lot… especially the committing to a weekly post and somehow, bar a few weeks, I have done the same and prioritised writing over many other things, sometimes I’ve worried that it’s selfish but it’s also essential and my lifeline at times. Thank you for sharing what you do, I’m so grateful to you. Xxx
Once a week for a year is incredible! Well done. You’re right about it feeling like such a safe community of mothers here. The last few months I haven’t been posting or reading as regularly as I would like. I wish I could do those 40 minute burst in the middle of anywhere, but alas, I am not made of that stuff!
But I digress, I am hoping that in my absences there is understanding because being in these early years of motherhood is so unpredictable. I’m glad you’re going to keep going strong x
Bless you Tansie, I appreciate this so much. Since becoming a mother, I greet every kind of absence with understanding. In fact, it's the most understandable thing in the world. Honoring you and all you do 💗
I'm so thankful for you giving voice to this wild and wondrous river that is motherhood. It's been a sort of sanity feeling the current of your writing and all that it contains and opens and illuminates.
I would love to know some of the other writers that you follow on here and feel inspiration from, if you are so inclined to share (and if you never respond, I totally get it from my place of mothering two young children and the well supported sentiment of this entire post 😅)
Thank you for your courage, your heart, and your steadfastness. I wish for you all the writing that continues to open doors, AND the naps and the meals.
This means so much to me Hannah, thank you. This comment was a prompt to me to (finally) go update my Recommendations with the mothering (and mothering adjacent) Substacks I've been reading recently. https://asiasuler.substack.com/recommendations
You are doing an amazing job! And you have such a beautiful way of putting experiences into words.
As a mother of now 2, I don't have time or mental capacity to write or to read, but your substack is the one I read with pleasure. So here is to us, moms, sitting in our cars, doing our little things that might have a big impact on the world 💓
Feeling you in SO much of this!!! My one year on substack is coming up next month also, and I’ve agreed & experienced all of the same notes you made here.
Congratulations on your first year! Were very excited to see what you create in the next one 💐
I love imagining you writing in your car, between kiddo naps and other tasks, events, General Tso. Thanks for showing up, sharing this, sharing the weekly (WOW) posts. Is your intention to keep posting weekly? Do you have another "weekly for one year" goal, or to organically keep going as long or as often as it feels right? I haven't posted much. I read lots though. Posting currently feels like another to-do-list item. I am curious how to engage with this platform in a way that feels life-giving. Open to experimentation. Thank you for shining!
Hi Jiling! I'm letting myself off the hook in terms of a strict weekly goal (as clearly I allowed myself to take last week off, lol) but it's still an intention I'm holding in my heart. I really know that feeling of posting as another to-do-list item. They are endless aren't they? I'm thinking this year will be one of less routine, more experimentation for me here. I'm curious to see how it goes...
Congratulations on reaching a year of posting! I’ve been here for three months now and am loving the momentum of weekly writing and the way it crystallizes my mental/emotional state within the swirl of daily life. Your writing is so nuanced and poetic; I look forward to seeing your nautilus in my inbox. Cheers to another year!
Asia this substance is such a lifeline. I feel so connected to you as you write this. It speaks to me as someone in the edge of saying yes to motherhood. Thank you for being here
Thank you for this dear one, it truly means so much.
Love the beautiful vulnerability of your writing! And your goal has inspired me to create one of my own. Here’s to a year of writing :)
Thank you Kim! I'm so delighted that my goal has inspired more like it. Cheers to you and this upcoming year!
Celebrating you showing up here for a year, and I’m so grateful you have as your words have been so beautiful to receive. I feel so similar in pretty much all of your points, having been here for just over a year myself it all resonated a lot… especially the committing to a weekly post and somehow, bar a few weeks, I have done the same and prioritised writing over many other things, sometimes I’ve worried that it’s selfish but it’s also essential and my lifeline at times. Thank you for sharing what you do, I’m so grateful to you. Xxx
Thank you Lauren! I know you know exactly how it is!!!! The lifeline of this place, and this community, is real. Sending so much love.
It truly is. xx
Once a week for a year is incredible! Well done. You’re right about it feeling like such a safe community of mothers here. The last few months I haven’t been posting or reading as regularly as I would like. I wish I could do those 40 minute burst in the middle of anywhere, but alas, I am not made of that stuff!
But I digress, I am hoping that in my absences there is understanding because being in these early years of motherhood is so unpredictable. I’m glad you’re going to keep going strong x
Bless you Tansie, I appreciate this so much. Since becoming a mother, I greet every kind of absence with understanding. In fact, it's the most understandable thing in the world. Honoring you and all you do 💗
I'm so thankful for you giving voice to this wild and wondrous river that is motherhood. It's been a sort of sanity feeling the current of your writing and all that it contains and opens and illuminates.
I would love to know some of the other writers that you follow on here and feel inspiration from, if you are so inclined to share (and if you never respond, I totally get it from my place of mothering two young children and the well supported sentiment of this entire post 😅)
Thank you for your courage, your heart, and your steadfastness. I wish for you all the writing that continues to open doors, AND the naps and the meals.
This means so much to me Hannah, thank you. This comment was a prompt to me to (finally) go update my Recommendations with the mothering (and mothering adjacent) Substacks I've been reading recently. https://asiasuler.substack.com/recommendations
And thank you, thank you for this blessing!
You are doing an amazing job! And you have such a beautiful way of putting experiences into words.
As a mother of now 2, I don't have time or mental capacity to write or to read, but your substack is the one I read with pleasure. So here is to us, moms, sitting in our cars, doing our little things that might have a big impact on the world 💓
Thank you Polina, this just means so much to me. From my car to yours X
I agree! I write during nap time , in car, in bed, in between all the things of motherhood.
Feeling you in SO much of this!!! My one year on substack is coming up next month also, and I’ve agreed & experienced all of the same notes you made here.
Congratulations on your first year! Were very excited to see what you create in the next one 💐
Happy one year anniversary to you as well Riley! It is no small feat!
I love imagining you writing in your car, between kiddo naps and other tasks, events, General Tso. Thanks for showing up, sharing this, sharing the weekly (WOW) posts. Is your intention to keep posting weekly? Do you have another "weekly for one year" goal, or to organically keep going as long or as often as it feels right? I haven't posted much. I read lots though. Posting currently feels like another to-do-list item. I am curious how to engage with this platform in a way that feels life-giving. Open to experimentation. Thank you for shining!
Hi Jiling! I'm letting myself off the hook in terms of a strict weekly goal (as clearly I allowed myself to take last week off, lol) but it's still an intention I'm holding in my heart. I really know that feeling of posting as another to-do-list item. They are endless aren't they? I'm thinking this year will be one of less routine, more experimentation for me here. I'm curious to see how it goes...
Congratulations on reaching a year of posting! I’ve been here for three months now and am loving the momentum of weekly writing and the way it crystallizes my mental/emotional state within the swirl of daily life. Your writing is so nuanced and poetic; I look forward to seeing your nautilus in my inbox. Cheers to another year!
Bless you Ginny! and thank you. I'm so delighted to see you here!