Change is the only constant, I keep repeating to myself. The other day I was muttering it in the kitchen and Michael asked me if I was ok. Yes and no. Reconciling inner and external change feels like a part-time job right now, and everyone I know (myself included) is working multiple jobs. So I’m ok and not ok, which this newsletter always is grappling with honestly.

When I started The Good Enough Weekly three years ago, it was six months after having my fourth baby and finishing a novel manuscript, and I felt isolated in my writing. I wrote weekly essays with a grasping energy that I envy a bit now. It was a time when I took hold of the kind of writing I wanted to do without waiting for editors to reply to pitches and operated fast and loose, often staying up late editing my work before publishing in the morning.

One hundred and sixty newsletters later, I'm not feeling isolated in my writing. Through TGEW and the web of overlapping newsletters and readers, I've met so many people who think critically about food and value writing. This has quite literally changed my life. How I think and read and write is indebted to you all.

I’m looking forward to this year of writing TGEW for you! In 2025 I experimented with paid offerings, testing different ideas, and to be quite honest – they were moderately successful if you go by numbers alone. But, of course, I don’t only consider the stats and am equally grateful for all 1088 of my subscribers.

I’ve started to think of those who can pay for a subscription as patrons (Patreon don’t sue me for using that word lol) and today I’m announcing that for the low price of $30/year (which divides up to $2.50/month or .63 cents per newsletter) you, too, can be a Patron of Good Enough.

The Patrons of Good Enough model is one where all readers enjoy the same newsletter, but as a Patron you support the work that goes into creating TGEW and get access to premium features that make receiving the newsletter and being an engaged reader even better.

Premium features include:

• A weekly chat on the Tomato Tomato Discord - resuming at 3pm EST Feb 4  
• Discounts on my zines and workshops  
• The full archive  
• Infrequent personal behind-the-scenes updates

Patronize me!

I rely on your support to pay the costs of the newsletter ($29/month), two hours of childcare per week for focused writing time ($15/hour), and a weekly coffee and pastry at the indie cafe down the street where I work on the weekend (priceless but actually $12.)

After some initial pie in the sky ideas for paid tiers and perks and columns, I’m returning to a simpler newsletter to make more time for pitching and working on other projects. Thanks for accompanying me through this hellscape – I mean, journey!

xx

Devin