I just yesterday received an extremely kind email from someone who had been reading my blog but who had not subscribed--a "lurker". It is not often we get told of the impact we have, and for everyone one we hear there are probably many more we don't hear about. This kind writer told me that my writing was having an impact and they had ev…
I just yesterday received an extremely kind email from someone who had been reading my blog but who had not subscribed--a "lurker". It is not often we get told of the impact we have, and for everyone one we hear there are probably many more we don't hear about. This kind writer told me that my writing was having an impact and they had even presented something I had written in a class. It was unbelievable. It motivated me to take a project off the shelf and get moving so I can bring it to substack. Blessings come from surprising places at surprising times!
It's good to remember that Substack's pageview / subscriber count numbers don't reflect the totality of who reads your publication. RSS feeds are still a thing, and Substack can't track all links and forwards that people are doing on their own.
RSS feeds allow a person to use a RSS Feed Reader to access stories. This way you can receive the feeds in your Reader and don't have to go out and find the feeds on all of the websites. I use Feedly and I have rss feeds to forty different publications / websites. It makes it a lot easier because they all come into the reader and then I can pick and choose which stories to go and view. So you can imagine if I had to go to 40 websites, how long that would take. With the push of a button, I get all of those conveniently in my reader.
I don't even know what a groat is... but I've found them. I do rejoice. Always.
I chalk it up to my loved ones on the other side who can see what I cannot and lead me in that direction. They leave signs all over.
I had my 1998 Toyota Corolla vandalized twice now. On May 18th, someone smashed the front passenger window. The only person that had the window was 25 miles away but it cost me $40-100 less than it cost others with the same damage in the same garage in the same month to fix. Today I'm seeking the part for the same door. The door is bungie-cord wrapped because it doesn't close.
On May 18th, I got two distinct messages from my dad with '309' showing up on my way there and way back... March 9th, the day he passed.
On the way I was thinking about what I'm writing and what my grandpa used to say about money. At that exact moment, the first 309 had a bk beside it. My dad knows I'm thinking about my book!
I celebrate these connections. My mom used to say, "All my favorite people are dead." It's not that I wasn't special. It's that when she was young and more needy than when she was my mom, those people were gone already. Now I talk to all of them and they are all with me.
How nice that I've got nothing to do but wait for a shop to call me back to see if they can help. I can read today's OFFICE HOURS with more focus to seek not only the wisdom shared, but also the joy and ecstasy from us creatives finding a home to share our hearts and souls, our genius and street smarts, our knowingness and our doubts.
I just yesterday received an extremely kind email from someone who had been reading my blog but who had not subscribed--a "lurker". It is not often we get told of the impact we have, and for everyone one we hear there are probably many more we don't hear about. This kind writer told me that my writing was having an impact and they had even presented something I had written in a class. It was unbelievable. It motivated me to take a project off the shelf and get moving so I can bring it to substack. Blessings come from surprising places at surprising times!
It's good to remember that Substack's pageview / subscriber count numbers don't reflect the totality of who reads your publication. RSS feeds are still a thing, and Substack can't track all links and forwards that people are doing on their own.
Speaking of RSS feeds.
I don't know what they are
Can you recommend a GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN SOCIAL MEDIA
Thank you
It's a little piece of code embedded in a website, blogpost, podcast, etc.
Stands for Real Simple Syndication.
Check out https://www.newsblur.com/ to see what it is and does.
RSS feeds allow a person to use a RSS Feed Reader to access stories. This way you can receive the feeds in your Reader and don't have to go out and find the feeds on all of the websites. I use Feedly and I have rss feeds to forty different publications / websites. It makes it a lot easier because they all come into the reader and then I can pick and choose which stories to go and view. So you can imagine if I had to go to 40 websites, how long that would take. With the push of a button, I get all of those conveniently in my reader.
hubspot has a number of glossaries, here's one for social: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/social-media-terms
I agree with you as it does seem that blessings come our way when we least expect it.
Blessings come my way when I am delusional.
Wow! So awesome!
I don't even know what a groat is... but I've found them. I do rejoice. Always.
I chalk it up to my loved ones on the other side who can see what I cannot and lead me in that direction. They leave signs all over.
I had my 1998 Toyota Corolla vandalized twice now. On May 18th, someone smashed the front passenger window. The only person that had the window was 25 miles away but it cost me $40-100 less than it cost others with the same damage in the same garage in the same month to fix. Today I'm seeking the part for the same door. The door is bungie-cord wrapped because it doesn't close.
On May 18th, I got two distinct messages from my dad with '309' showing up on my way there and way back... March 9th, the day he passed.
On the way I was thinking about what I'm writing and what my grandpa used to say about money. At that exact moment, the first 309 had a bk beside it. My dad knows I'm thinking about my book!
I celebrate these connections. My mom used to say, "All my favorite people are dead." It's not that I wasn't special. It's that when she was young and more needy than when she was my mom, those people were gone already. Now I talk to all of them and they are all with me.
How nice that I've got nothing to do but wait for a shop to call me back to see if they can help. I can read today's OFFICE HOURS with more focus to seek not only the wisdom shared, but also the joy and ecstasy from us creatives finding a home to share our hearts and souls, our genius and street smarts, our knowingness and our doubts.