Let's start a habit!
TL;DR SEND ME QUESTIONS
Once upon a time, I wrote.
And then things happened and I stopped writing. (I started painting again, but that's a story for another time. Today is about writing.) I didn't completely stop. I mean, I revised an old book. But that was me basically correcting ten year old mistakes.
Anyway, I need to start writing again. And I need your help. Because I enjoy writing if I (delusionally) believe it’s going to help people.
What I need from you is questions. You ask a question. I answer it.
Will they be good answers? I will try to make them good answers. Am I asking you for free labor? Kinda, but the labor it takes to answer the question will be higher than the labor it takes to ask it, so I feel pretty good about the transactional equity of the request.
Can the questions be about design? Sure. Do they have to be? No. Can you ask me about mental health, music, art, different seasons of Below Decks? Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
Will I answer all your questions? No. Only if I feel like I can add some value to people’s lives with an answer.
My goal with this is to start writing again, and also to feel useful. I'm beginning to feel like I've been hiding in a cave for the last four years. (The reasons for this are understandable. We have ALL been through it. We are STILL going through it. And the "IT" is far from fucking over.)
So hey, come up with a question. Reply to this newsletter with it. Tell me if I can use your name or you wanna stay anonymous. My goal, which I am saying to you out loud to keep myself honest, is to do this once a week.
Thanks in advance,
Mike
P.S. Buy a zine if you haven't. Buy one for a friend, if you have.