Category: Writing

If you’re a subscriber, you might notice something new today.

I’ve been writing this blog for a few years now. It started as an experiment—a place to think out loud, share what I’m learning, and occasionally rant into the void. Over time, it’s become something I’m proud of: a testing ground for ideas, and a way to share things that matter.

But like any slightly awkward teenager, the blog’s been growing—just not always gracefully.

A friend recently pointed this out.¹ He said, “You’re making it way too hard for people to read your blog.” And he wasn’t wrong. I’ve got two problems:

1. It’s hard to sign up.
2. No one knows when a new post is coming—or if they’ve missed one.

These aren’t big problems. They’re just things I hadn’t thought about. So now I’m fixing them.

Starting now, I’m moving sign-ups and notifications over to Jetpack.

That’s why your email looks different. You’ll also notice a few changes:

• It’s much easier to subscribe—just scroll to the bottom of any post.
• You’ll get the full post in your inbox, not just a teaser with a link.

I’m also adding something new: a more regular posting schedule.

I’m not promising weekly, but I’ll aim for twice a month, usually on Sunday mornings around 10 AM Eastern.² I thought that would be an appropriate time to think about my thoughts—on a lazy Sunday, sipping some coffee.

If you’re already subscribed, you don’t need to do a thing. But if you’ve been meaning to sign up—or gently nudging a friend to—now’s it’s even easier.

Thanks for growing with me. Let me know what you think.

See you at 10 AM on (some) Sundays!
Rob

Footnotes

1. I’m looking at you AR. ↩︎
2. Though I still reserve the right jab in a special edition between posting dates ↩︎

When I first picked up Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird, I wasn’t entirely sure what I was going to get out of it. Lamott writes about fiction and memoir, about the kind of writing that draws on personal memory, deep emotional truths, and a close relationship with storytelling. I don’t typically write that way. My writing tends to be more analytical—I like ideas, structure, context. I try to make sense of the world through observation and reasoning rather than plumbing the depths of my childhood.

Still, the book came so highly recommended, and so persistently, that I figured I’d give it a try.

Someone recently asked me, “Why do you write this blog?” As I didn’t have an answer ready at hand, I figured I’d write it out on this blog.

I’ve always viewed blogging as my own personal publishing platform, putting out my best material to the world. This might come from my history as a magazine writer. I want to avoid writing for an imaginary audience who maybe isn’t as smart or curious as I’d hoped. So instead, it’s written it for me and for my friends. And by “friends” it’s everyone from the people I live with to the people who just like what I write online.