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#012: Logging back in

Finding power in rest and retreat

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Laura Jung
Mar 04, 2023
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It’s funny how one of the things I love most in this life—writing—is the hardest to execute, and the hardest to share, for reasons I’m still trying to make sense of. I’ve spent the latter half of last year working a lot, taking on partnership after partnership and not cultivating the community I had intended to cultivate through my newsletter. It’s definitely not an excuse, but I rode the money wave instead of focusing on a part of my online presence that is actually the most meaningful and sustainable for the long run. After all, this platform was meant to serve as an outlet of creativity and substance, not to be yet another thing on my to-do list as a content creator.

It’s been seven months and while I can’t articulate why it feels right to log back in, it feels rights to be back with intention. Is it also an appropriate time to say sorry? I’m constantly getting emails on a never-ending thread informing me of new subscribers to this newsletter, only to feel ultimately paralyzed by m…

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