Dear reader,
I wanted to share today about some changes for the structure of Monday Monday that will affect paid and free subscribers and about the frequency and value this newsletter will have going forward.
On December 2 the monthly price of Monday Monday will go from $5/mo to $7/mo
Please note : this will not affect current paying subscribers - the rate that you signed up will remain.
Monday Monday is on sale for the next week if you would like to lock in a lower price and join before the price increase. This price is not just for one year but for the rest of your time as a paying subscriber.
Monday Monday will no longer be free on Mondays. Weekly essays will be for paying subscribers with a free weekly podcast (when in season) and one free newsletter a month. The paid newsletters will be sent out with previews. If you do not like that I would suggest unsubscribing and downloading one of the following free guides. This gets you on my free marketing email list where you’ll always hear about new classes and offerings.
Note Taking Tools and Possibilities
I thought a lot about what I would need to feel like I wanted to put even more value into my newsletter, and it is for a different monthly exchange between myself and readers. I don’t think people talk about this enough - what is the exchange that makes us feel honored for our work and our job.
I promise to continue to put so much care and effort into these essays, to bring even more of the personal into the space, to write to a smaller and more engaged audience. I promise to be honest with my readers and bring quality and thoughtful work, deeper writing, and more transparency and behind the scenes of my business model.
To my free readers, especially those who have been reading along since 2012 - thank you for valuing this space. I will still send one free newsletter out a month and I hope you love Common Shapes (that returns this Wednesday!)
Again - if you are a free reader and worried you will miss out on important offerings and news, download a free guide and you won’t miss out on anything!
Thank you all for your support. I value transparency in business and art and this felt important to share today.
I did a smilier experiment at the beginning of last year that I wrote about below.
The following is from the above newsletter, and feels even more true today :
This newsletter, both the amount of subscribers and the income it brings in, has allowed me to leave all social media and I want it to continue to teach and be an example for others who hope to move away from digital platforms that no longer work for them. I have found more ways to be in alignment with my values, my politics, and my hopes since leaving social media and bringing so much of my focus here to Monday Monday.
I promise to keep this space full of my own truth telling, to shape it through the sight of radial ethics and transformative hope. I promise that once a month Monday Monday will be filled with free resources and my words and my thoughts and to touch base with you readers who have been here for years. Monday Monday will continue to redistribute a percentage of paid subscriptions every month to a mutual aid fund or organization dedicated to building a more just world.
I ended that experiment because at the time I really wanted MORE EYES on my work. I thought that would be the win. However today I am luxuriating in smaller groups, smaller audiences, smaller spaces, smaller containers for my writing, my teaching, my hosting, and my facilitating. I do not need to reach the masses, I want an exchange with fewer people for greater value. I do not want to this newsletter to get deluded and I feel as though it has a bit. I want it to be sharp and precise and offer deep value for the reader.
I have also taken the paywalls down off of two of my most personal essays if you want to take a look at what is in store.
Thank you for witnessing me in this decision. To stay, to dig deeper, and to commit to seeing what unfolds before you. Beyond the veil there is more!
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