10 Best Books for Building a Newsletter and Email List from Scratch

I sent my first newsletter to forty-seven people. Most of them were friends and family who'd agreed to receive it because they felt obligated. The open rate.

I sent my first newsletter to forty-seven people. Most of them were friends and family who'd agreed to receive it because they felt obligated. The open rate.

There's a specific kind of tired that comes from dealing with a difficult person. Not the kind where you need more sleep. The kind where you need less of.

The thing about professional burnout is that it doesn't feel like burning. It feels like drowning in lukewarm water. There's no dramatic moment, no breakdown.

I said yes to everything for thirty-four years. Not dramatically. Not in a way that anyone noticed, which is the trick of people-pleasing — it looks like being.

The thing about losing a friend is that nobody brings you a casserole. Nobody sends flowers. There's no funeral where people stand in a line and tell you.