Simply and deeply.

On 2023 goals and life-long intentions.

Well, hi. This is new and fun, isn’t it?

I’ve be thinking about changing how I send these emails for a while now. Last year was the first time I prioritized sending out my newsletter consistently, and it brought me so much joy and fulfillment. The act of sitting down to write the essays themselves helped me grow and understand myself better (and become a better writer, I think), and the feedback I received from readers was meaningful and impactful — the best bonus to a weekly habit I truly enjoyed. It helped me feel more deeply connected to strangers and to myself, and helped remind me what happens when you allow yourself to be vulnerable. Every time I gave myself a couple hours to write the emails instead of working on something else, it felt like a gift. Every time someone took a second out of their day to reply to what I wrote by sharing their own experiences with grief, or self-doubt, or body image, I was overwhelmed with gratitude.

When I started writing the newsletters, I used t…