Hi Soul Minimalists!
This month marks our six month anniversary here and I’m so grateful to have you.
As I’ve heard many writers on Substack say, the paywall is not meant to be a barrier, but it’s simply meant to provide a level of privacy so that we can gather here in conversation and connection in ways that might be difficult to do on the more public internet. That’s why we offer scholarship to basically everyone who asks.
I’m glad to say of our 7,236 Soul Minimalists, 1,397 of you are paid subscribers and 163 of those currently receive a scholarship to be here. That means they are gifted an annual subscription and receive the benefits of being paid subscribers but don’t have a to pay anything.
What helps offset that cost for us is our Founding Members who pay more than the annual subscription rate so they can fund someone else’s way in. We currently have 37 Founding Members who help make scholarships possible!
What a generous group of humans.
If you would like to upgrade your subscription to a Founding Membership, you’ll make it possible for those who cannot currently afford a subscription to join us here.
Now for this first post of the year, I would love to hear from you.
While I’ve only been on Substack for six months, I’ve been writing online for 17 years and I know some of you have been around since then (Chatting at the Sky, anyone?!)
People come and go and the landscape of your life changes over time. So the only way for me to know who you are, what you care about, and what decisions are keeping you stuck is to ask you. Your feedback is gold.
Would you take less than 10 minutes to fill out this mostly multiple choice survey?
Click here to take the Survey.
The survey will expire Monday January 8, 2024 and as a thank you for your feedback, you’ll have the option to be entered to win a $250 gift card to BookShop.org. Thank you times one million.
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