- Think about those "only 80%" essays as drafts. It may be that the themes you scratched in them are still your favorites, but time away lets fermentation take place.
- Future writing may emerge from the fact you churned out so much + you took a pause to reflect on what you learned from writing.
Nearing the end of mine and connect deeply with the creative reset, aside from finding a love for writing and music it gave me enough space to deeply reconnect with how to spend my time more wisely, enjoy the 'break' and see what comes next
A great idea and worth it to take a break to recharge and replenish. The Bible is full of great practical advice. I enjoy your more personal posts too and don't think this post is boring (as you say in the text) at all. I think a lot of readers like a more informal, personal approach. The academic articles are great but I prefer your more personal, blog-like, unpolished scribbles best. Good job the past few years. Enjoy your sabbatical and best wishes for the year ahead!
Oh it'll definitely be a mix of personal stuff together with more careful essays! In fact now that I'm liberated from the weekly schedule it might be easier to just write short posts in 1 hr and send them to the world
You wrote: "You may have noticed the name change." - Actually, it's not visible in the email. Your sender address still contains "Atlas...", not the new name. You may want to check your Substack settings. Greetings!
Can be a good idea to free oneself from schedules. That feeling of freedom is worth its weight in happiness and relaxation, and from those things, anything can be built. Anything the mind can think of in its now vast space of opportunities, never limited, never needing to conform to anything.
Excellent! That's an incredible streak of output. Enjoy the recharge time and we'll look forward to more in the future. 🙏🏼
Hear hear!
Good call.
- Think about those "only 80%" essays as drafts. It may be that the themes you scratched in them are still your favorites, but time away lets fermentation take place.
- Future writing may emerge from the fact you churned out so much + you took a pause to reflect on what you learned from writing.
- Thanks for your work!
This is one of my faves, will miss your unique content! Excited for recharged ideas from you in future :)
Nearing the end of mine and connect deeply with the creative reset, aside from finding a love for writing and music it gave me enough space to deeply reconnect with how to spend my time more wisely, enjoy the 'break' and see what comes next
A great idea and worth it to take a break to recharge and replenish. The Bible is full of great practical advice. I enjoy your more personal posts too and don't think this post is boring (as you say in the text) at all. I think a lot of readers like a more informal, personal approach. The academic articles are great but I prefer your more personal, blog-like, unpolished scribbles best. Good job the past few years. Enjoy your sabbatical and best wishes for the year ahead!
Oh it'll definitely be a mix of personal stuff together with more careful essays! In fact now that I'm liberated from the weekly schedule it might be easier to just write short posts in 1 hr and send them to the world
Love this and the new name makes me think of the Chuck Palanhiuk’s book Invisible Monsters, which I also love.
I once did a sabbatical from my job in order to get a masters and it was SO glorious.
I think you have made right decisions. Congratsl. I am looking forward for the new season of Hopeful monster.
Bonne jachère! 🌱 pour continuer dans les analogies agricoles
Quality of your atlas was always high in my unworthy eyes. Hopefully, the new monsters will not become too rare creatures. Bon chance!
You wrote: "You may have noticed the name change." - Actually, it's not visible in the email. Your sender address still contains "Atlas...", not the new name. You may want to check your Substack settings. Greetings!
Thanks! I had forgotten to change my sender name
so long 🫡
Can be a good idea to free oneself from schedules. That feeling of freedom is worth its weight in happiness and relaxation, and from those things, anything can be built. Anything the mind can think of in its now vast space of opportunities, never limited, never needing to conform to anything.
A good plan, although we'll miss your unique voice around here! Very best wishes.