Dear Readers,
Today marks the first 12-months of regularly writing on Substack. While I technically started with a couple posts in 2022, there was long hiatus, which I discussed in my first post of 2023:
Since then, my readership has grown slowly but steadily. When I published the essay above, I had only 22 subscribers, virtually all family and friends. Fast forward one year and over 700 people subscribe, with far more “lurking” and reading without hitting subscribe (hey, no judgement), with >50,000 article views!! While that is far from the reach of a viral power user on Twitter or TikTok, I know by seeing your thoughtful comments and emails that you deeply read and engage with these topics, rather than a cursory skim typical of social media.
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