Friday Notes #44 — When Newsletters Die

When mental health takes over the newsletter adventure.

Photo by Juliana Malta on Unsplash

Losing followers is sad, but seeing newsletters die is really sad. That was my sentiment when I read this post from Jeff Perry, the author of the Tablet Habit newsletter. It felt like a blatant reminder of how fragile the newsletter endeavour can be.

I can see an infinite number of reasons why someone would create a newsletter. There is also an endless number of reasons why someone would put an end to the newsletter adventure. As you probably know, there’s this thing called “work & personal life balance”. Fitting time-consuming hobbies in our busy lives can be a challenge for many indie writers like us. Maintaining a bi-weekly newsletter is no simple task. It requires solid personal discipline. I know what I’m talking about as I’m writing this weekly newsletter on top of another monthly one.

I feel lucky to be able to reserve so much time for this hobby of writing and publishing. However, as a writer who spends a lot of time blogging, writing and content creation in general, I know how hard it can be to strike a balance.

I don’t know Jeff Perry, besides exchanging a few tweets publicly with him. I wish him the best, all the needed time to do, nothing, as he wishes.