September: A Reset Month

And perhaps last chance to get Create Me Free for just $10/year

Photo by Marilee and The Sea on Unsplash

Welcome to September. I don’t know what this month holds for you but I hope that whatever it is, it includes a little bit of magic and love and creativity and connection and inspiration and rest and laughter. As for me, I’ve decided to take September as a reset month.

What’s a reset month? Basically, I just feel clogged up - my calendar, my mind, my body. So I want to create as much spaciousness as possible. I want to set few expectations for this, no agenda, no specific purpose beyond creating space, and just see what unfolds.

Practically, what does this mean?

• Not putting anything else on the calendar

• Taking everything off the calendar that doesn’t feel absolutely necessary

• Not committing to any big new projects, even ones that start October and beyond, until the month is complete

• Eating cleaner, moving my body more

• Removing my most time-sucking habits: phone games, reality TV, social media

For here on Substack it means:

• Reducing time spent on Notes

• Not answering comments in as timely a manner as usual

• Limiting my reading of other newsletters

• Resharing some of my older messages from the archive

I’ll still be publishing newsletters here regularly throughout the month. Some are already scheduled. Some are visual interviews people recently submitted that I’m very excited about and feel energized by.

Perhaps Last Chance to Get Create Me Free for only $10/year

Although I’m not setting expectations for the month, one of the questions I’m going into the month with is how to make Substack a sustainable place for me to create.

This may mean changing my paid model. I’m not sure. But if that happens, I’m not sure what that will mean for my sliding scale offers. I definitely always want to keep sliding scale payments as an option. But I don’t know if I can offer them at as low as a rate as I currently do. It depends what “paid” ends up meaning.

So, if you want to lock in a rate for paid offerings here, September is the month to do that. Choose the rate that works for you, which for one year worth of near-daily “content” might mean: $10, $25, $50 or $75. Our expenses reflect our priorities. If you believe in Create Me Free, choose the price that works for you.

Choose a Sliding Scale Discount:

• 24% off in ‘24 - The 2024 discount rate on an annual subscription

• Flexible Discount - 10% off either monthly or annual subscriptions

• Grateful for the Gift - 75% off one year

• Gotta Pay the Rent Soon Discount - 50% off one year

• Barely Getting By Discount - $10 flat rate for one year

• Lucky 13 Discount - 13% off forever