This reminds me of what's written on a local business's window. I forget the exact wording but it's something like "Giving someone a compliment only takes a second but can impact them for a lifetime." The gist is take the time to do a small good thing as it's ripple effects will go farther than you think.
I was just chatting about this very topic on my pod yesterday. I chatted with Cait Flanders about taking up space online and we both had similar experiences in that we needed to move something (writing form) out of the way to get creatively unstuck! My post last Thurs was that one! So relieved it’s out. ✨🙏 thanks for this Donna! 🫖✨
Oh I do this with knitting designs too. Sometimes I have just one that's stuck at the front of the queue, stopping other things coming through. Once I either work it through and get it published (or accept it's not going to work and rip it out) then it kind of frees up the way for all the other ideas to come to fruition.
I’m finding more & more people who use tarot but who hesitate to talk about it. I bought my first deck 10 years ago--the original indie version of the Wild Unknown Tarot in your photo on the other post. But it wasn’t until the past 2-3 years that I started talking more openly about how I use tarot for journaling. And now it’s going to be a big part of what I write about in my just-barely-started Substack.
That's really fantastic. I think it's definitely one of those things that benefits from more people speaking up about it. Long may it continue and I look forward to reading your Substack.
I feel like this about my book, which is clearly much bigger than some of the posts I linger on! But I’ve been slowly chipping away at it again since joining Substack. I think the community here is restoring a quiet confidence in me ✨
I think it’s just magical when women speak up and inspire each other. I’ve had so many ‘cringe and hit publish’ moments with my newsletters over the years... and the one that feel hardest always have the most impact... or at least impact I get to see. So a big part of moving my writing here is the follow up interaction, the ‘so what?’ part of the journey for me! And the other part was definitely around simplicity - I just want to share all the parts of me in one place, not one part on substack, one in my letters and another on insta - I’m so over that!
My favourite quote “some people will line me and some won’t. So I might as well be me and then I know the people who like me, like me!”
Oh, that's so true. And such a perfect line. I definitely wish I'd learned this when I was younger and didn't spend so much time trying to please people who were never 'my people'
It’s so true - you can never be sure what impact your words have on a person. I can all but guarantee that every post you write will affect a reader in some way. Of course that can feel like a responsibility but also an opportunity, a gift to give x
So true. In my years of posting on Instagram I can usually be fairly confident that if I'm moved to say something, or speak out on a particular topic (or just plain, have a grump at something) I can be sure that someone else will say 'oh, I'm so glad you said that. I thought it was just me' Often it's just helpful to see that we aren't alone in thinking something,
This reminds me of what's written on a local business's window. I forget the exact wording but it's something like "Giving someone a compliment only takes a second but can impact them for a lifetime." The gist is take the time to do a small good thing as it's ripple effects will go farther than you think.
Oh, that's so true isn't it. And a great reminder to just spread those little bits of kindness around.
I was just chatting about this very topic on my pod yesterday. I chatted with Cait Flanders about taking up space online and we both had similar experiences in that we needed to move something (writing form) out of the way to get creatively unstuck! My post last Thurs was that one! So relieved it’s out. ✨🙏 thanks for this Donna! 🫖✨
Oh I do this with knitting designs too. Sometimes I have just one that's stuck at the front of the queue, stopping other things coming through. Once I either work it through and get it published (or accept it's not going to work and rip it out) then it kind of frees up the way for all the other ideas to come to fruition.
I love the creative process - how cool is that!! 🧶
I’m finding more & more people who use tarot but who hesitate to talk about it. I bought my first deck 10 years ago--the original indie version of the Wild Unknown Tarot in your photo on the other post. But it wasn’t until the past 2-3 years that I started talking more openly about how I use tarot for journaling. And now it’s going to be a big part of what I write about in my just-barely-started Substack.
That's really fantastic. I think it's definitely one of those things that benefits from more people speaking up about it. Long may it continue and I look forward to reading your Substack.
I feel like this about my book, which is clearly much bigger than some of the posts I linger on! But I’ve been slowly chipping away at it again since joining Substack. I think the community here is restoring a quiet confidence in me ✨
I think it’s just magical when women speak up and inspire each other. I’ve had so many ‘cringe and hit publish’ moments with my newsletters over the years... and the one that feel hardest always have the most impact... or at least impact I get to see. So a big part of moving my writing here is the follow up interaction, the ‘so what?’ part of the journey for me! And the other part was definitely around simplicity - I just want to share all the parts of me in one place, not one part on substack, one in my letters and another on insta - I’m so over that!
My favourite quote “some people will line me and some won’t. So I might as well be me and then I know the people who like me, like me!”
Oh, that's so true. And such a perfect line. I definitely wish I'd learned this when I was younger and didn't spend so much time trying to please people who were never 'my people'
Oh for sure... why do we try and please the folks who aren’t even ours? 🤷♀️
It’s so true - you can never be sure what impact your words have on a person. I can all but guarantee that every post you write will affect a reader in some way. Of course that can feel like a responsibility but also an opportunity, a gift to give x
So true. In my years of posting on Instagram I can usually be fairly confident that if I'm moved to say something, or speak out on a particular topic (or just plain, have a grump at something) I can be sure that someone else will say 'oh, I'm so glad you said that. I thought it was just me' Often it's just helpful to see that we aren't alone in thinking something,