Substack tells me I’ve published 36 newsletters in 26 weeks. That’s right on half a year. And that’s enough from me for just now.
I want to hear from you. Tell me something about yourself.
How was 2023?
I’ll eventually write one of those requisite, year-end Looking Back & Looking Forward posts, but today I want to learn what your year’s been like. Has this been a tough one? Or have things lightened up a bit? Were there any big milestones?
What challenges are you facing in 2024? How are you preparing for them?
What are you excited about? How do you expect to grow in the coming months?
And, of course, tell me about what you’ve been reading!
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Jenna is waiting to hear from you.
2023 held a lot of changes and letting go. I made a commitment to focus more on my fiction and that meant I had to stop doing other things. I've always had a low boredom threshold anyway... start something, learn enough to become competent at it, and then the feeling of "same old, same old" kicks in. I just had my Human Design report done and a scan of it revealed that it mentions that very thing. So in 2024, I intend to better understand that pattern.
Perhaps this is one reason I love writing so much. There's always something to learn.
But I've discovered while being here on Substack that I'm quite resistant to being on a schedule to put out writing for others. I hoped it would a sort of accountability for me, but it's not working out that way. So I've got some thinking to do about how I'll approach Substack in 2024.
Creating that plan was supposed to happen between now and the New Year, but after outrunning covid for nearly 4 years, it finally caught me. Anything requiring deep thought must wait. Just putting together a few paragraphs like this takes an inordinate amount of time right now. Hopefully, in 8 or 10 days my outlook will be clearer.
I love your painting and hope you find a way to get back to it. But not at the expense of your writing, please!
This year has been tough, and my writing has suffered. I've had a lot of personal commitments, and there just hasn't been time for anything creative. I'm hoping next year will be different. I really want to publish my book and finish revising the second in the trilogy next year. Plus, I have a few other projects in the works... Sounds like it has been a productive year for you, and that's awesome! Love the painting :-)