A Safe Space

Why I've gone paid...

I think I get it now.

I’ve struggled with Substack for awhile. I just didn’t get it. I didn’t know what to share, or how.

Was this like my old My Kind of Sweet blog in 2015?

Am I sharing my looks? My motherhood challenges? A round up of everything else I’ve shared on the Internet this month? Funny memes?

Nope.

It took me some time, but I’ve finally realized what I want my Substack to be...

I’ve been creating content in the public domain for 10 years.

For a decade, I’ve shared my style and home and pregnancies and motherhood and OCD and sobriety. I’ve had a blog, an Instagram, a podcast - all very public, all for the world to consume and review.

And for a decade, I’ve been trolled and criticized and doubted and torn apart. I’ve gotten comments and messages about everything - from the way I parent to my values to my “thunder thighs.” I’ve been called a grifter.

I’ve heard it ALL.

To be fair, for 10 years I’ve also been celebrated and praised and put on some sort of (undeserved) pedestal.

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