Hi First name / friend!
How goes?
Straight off, let's address the Elliephant in the room right now - how exceptionally slick and chic my newsletter is looking! That's because I've switched it over to Flodesk, a fact I wouldn't normally bore you with but that I legally have to tell you, because it means that I now hold your email & signup info there instead of Mailchimp. You don't have to do anything, but the GDPR gods can relax now. 😎
This is just one of several new things I'm going to be uplevelling in the next few months, courtesy of a loooooot of thinking time, and a lot of conversations with wonderful people (Selina, Sasha, Fi, Rachel, Steph, and everyone else - t h a n k y o u).
Another thing that's changing round here is the fact that I am stepping into my space as a WRITER. Now, I've been a writer my whole life - I'm a professional copywriter right now, it's what pays my bills and keeps me in second hand F&F jeans - but I realised a coupla months ago that I really want to be seen as a writer. And that meant thrusting myself into the spotlight as one, and writing what I wanted to read.
With that in mind, I've just published a new blog on the website all about hobbies and obsessions, inspired by my new-found (and deep-rooted) love for Community and I'd love for you to read it. I won't copy & paste it all here because that would be looooooong and I wanna show you all the cute bits below (lol), but here's a snippet:
So what do I mean when I say, with no hint of sarcasm or hyperbole and only the tiniest millennial twinge of literal-means-figurative-now, that I can’t deal? What I mean is that the speed at which this new thing has integrated and become a central part of my life has become something akin to warp. That I have gone from watching no TV to doing nothing but watching TV after the work day is over - and that demarcation is only because my partner works a ‘proper’ job which renders him unable to watch before at least 6.30pm. That I’ve gotten so invested in the characters that I’ve googled selective synopses because I simply can’t wait to watch it unfold in real (10 years late) time, which then leaves me stuck with the knowledge but unable to share it because my partner doesn’t want the spoilers (selfish!).
And whilst this may sound OTT, it’s a totally normal course of action for me when I love something. It’s a pretty simple process, with only 2 stages: initial discovery, and then total immersion. This is, of course, about as disorientating as it sounds; a week and a half ago I didn't even know what Community was, but now it’s a world I feel like I’ve always been a part of.
