Basket is just a name I came up with for the small collection of things I wanted to list each week in an extra-short post that would be different from my usual longer posts about political events, public health and wellbeing, etc. It was to be an experiment. I thought of calling it something like Weekly Gift Box and didn't like t…
Basket is just a name I came up with for the small collection of things I wanted to list each week in an extra-short post that would be different from my usual longer posts about political events, public health and wellbeing, etc. It was to be an experiment. I thought of calling it something like Weekly Gift Box and didn't like that in the end. Finally I gave up on figuring out something really clever and just pictured in my mind a basket of a few gifts or good things--a piece of music I thought people might never have heard but might like, a book I love, and some photos of what's blooming in my garden right now. I'm afraid I may have confused people and made them think it's some weird new technical term (?) Anyway I enjoyed putting it together so I guess I'll keep going with it every week (as in "Weekly"!)
I’ve found I’ve stumbled into something similar as well!
I’ve completely lost myself after my mom died, and the only thing I was interested in doing still (like... immediately after) was write.
So I’ve been writing self-indulgent weekly reflection posts and decided to do so all of March as I focused on exploring life, and they haven’t been doing half bad!
Now I’m continuing them as a series, but haven’t quite found the format yet to make it more digestible. Still working on it! But yes, I’m not surprised an ongoing series is doing well!
I remember yeeeeeears ago this YouTuber I watched go from teaching Korean, to makeup, talk about her managers telling her to create a series... and now that’s all she does! She found her spot, and she posts that series every Saturday!
She mainly talks about bad movies while putting her makeup on, and throws some home movie vlogs in here and there haha.
I always loved discovering new media and things in vlogs, so I of course like people sharing a curations of thoughts and things weekly in writing too!
Hello Cierra! I'm so sorry about your loss of your mom. Yes I think that while I've worked mostly as a classical singer, I always have found solace in writing, including writing narrations for the audience about songs in our concerts (we had a small performing group which still exists but got interrupted by the pandemic and some other things). I do find writing about political things that relate to wellbeing in cities (and really everywhere) extremely stressful at times because A) so much awful stuff is going on and B) For a long time I felt those articles weren't doing much good because the people that need to read them would never come across them. As I gradually put more of myself and even some family history into some of them, readers seemed to respond, and I learned they could be interested in many things besides those articles. As for the Weekly Basket, one person said it really brightened her day which is just what I wanted to hear. Still I remain confused about why my readers quadrupled (by the way THAT number almost doubled the next day!??) yet there were no new subscribers! However several Substack people subscribed after the Substack conversations this past week, which made me feel at least a little better. I guess that's why building that community is a good idea. Anyway I hope your writing continues to help you feel better and does attract many subscribers! Take care and so nice to meet you-- Susan
Nice to meet you, Susan! And thank you for your condolences!
That's so understandable to be weary writing that type of content, but I'm glad you've been able to infuse your life and story in there as well!
So strange that they're reading but now subscribing! Maybe a personal reminder along with the Substack buttons available to us?
It definitely helps to network in this community! And we've gotta get used to screaming about our publications from the rooftops everywhere we go digitally and physically (when we can, haha).
I love this. I have been doing something a bit similar - including what I've been calling a media embed each week highlighting a song, film, poem, etc. that is meaningful to me and on theme. Is your basket 🧺 a separate email?
Bryce I tried to answer your comment and wrote a long thing but it "didn't go through"--?? Anyway basically what I said was that this media embed of yours sounds like a winner and wished you good luck with it. Also to answer your question I just posted the weekly basket like I post my articles but with a very short intro as to why I was adding the feature. I saw after writing that that you'd subscribed, and I thank you so much, and will visit your site ASAP!
Hi Dave,
Basket is just a name I came up with for the small collection of things I wanted to list each week in an extra-short post that would be different from my usual longer posts about political events, public health and wellbeing, etc. It was to be an experiment. I thought of calling it something like Weekly Gift Box and didn't like that in the end. Finally I gave up on figuring out something really clever and just pictured in my mind a basket of a few gifts or good things--a piece of music I thought people might never have heard but might like, a book I love, and some photos of what's blooming in my garden right now. I'm afraid I may have confused people and made them think it's some weird new technical term (?) Anyway I enjoyed putting it together so I guess I'll keep going with it every week (as in "Weekly"!)
I’ve found I’ve stumbled into something similar as well!
I’ve completely lost myself after my mom died, and the only thing I was interested in doing still (like... immediately after) was write.
So I’ve been writing self-indulgent weekly reflection posts and decided to do so all of March as I focused on exploring life, and they haven’t been doing half bad!
Now I’m continuing them as a series, but haven’t quite found the format yet to make it more digestible. Still working on it! But yes, I’m not surprised an ongoing series is doing well!
I remember yeeeeeears ago this YouTuber I watched go from teaching Korean, to makeup, talk about her managers telling her to create a series... and now that’s all she does! She found her spot, and she posts that series every Saturday!
She mainly talks about bad movies while putting her makeup on, and throws some home movie vlogs in here and there haha.
I always loved discovering new media and things in vlogs, so I of course like people sharing a curations of thoughts and things weekly in writing too!
Hello Cierra! I'm so sorry about your loss of your mom. Yes I think that while I've worked mostly as a classical singer, I always have found solace in writing, including writing narrations for the audience about songs in our concerts (we had a small performing group which still exists but got interrupted by the pandemic and some other things). I do find writing about political things that relate to wellbeing in cities (and really everywhere) extremely stressful at times because A) so much awful stuff is going on and B) For a long time I felt those articles weren't doing much good because the people that need to read them would never come across them. As I gradually put more of myself and even some family history into some of them, readers seemed to respond, and I learned they could be interested in many things besides those articles. As for the Weekly Basket, one person said it really brightened her day which is just what I wanted to hear. Still I remain confused about why my readers quadrupled (by the way THAT number almost doubled the next day!??) yet there were no new subscribers! However several Substack people subscribed after the Substack conversations this past week, which made me feel at least a little better. I guess that's why building that community is a good idea. Anyway I hope your writing continues to help you feel better and does attract many subscribers! Take care and so nice to meet you-- Susan
Nice to meet you, Susan! And thank you for your condolences!
That's so understandable to be weary writing that type of content, but I'm glad you've been able to infuse your life and story in there as well!
So strange that they're reading but now subscribing! Maybe a personal reminder along with the Substack buttons available to us?
It definitely helps to network in this community! And we've gotta get used to screaming about our publications from the rooftops everywhere we go digitally and physically (when we can, haha).
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and your increased readership makes a strong case for baskets.🤔
I love this. I have been doing something a bit similar - including what I've been calling a media embed each week highlighting a song, film, poem, etc. that is meaningful to me and on theme. Is your basket 🧺 a separate email?
Bryce I tried to answer your comment and wrote a long thing but it "didn't go through"--?? Anyway basically what I said was that this media embed of yours sounds like a winner and wished you good luck with it. Also to answer your question I just posted the weekly basket like I post my articles but with a very short intro as to why I was adding the feature. I saw after writing that that you'd subscribed, and I thank you so much, and will visit your site ASAP!