47.
17, 167 days.
412, 008 hours.
1,483,228,800 seconds.
(Give or take a few.)
Those are the facts of my life. I have been alive for most of these numbers. (I sort of died once, but that’s a story for another time if you haven’t already found it.)
Last year, on my birthday, I made a list of what I wanted to do during the year. A list of desires. I was so excited. I wrote down some risky things, some that were new, others that were old, many that were…things I’m not going to mention here.
So, how many did I cross off?
(As I wrote this, I crossed two more off.)
Not bad. I thought I’d missed more than that.
Some ended up being things I couldn’t do.
Others are things I didn’t have the chance to do.
Many were things that are in progress, but are taking more time.
Why am I sharing this? Because I want to do that again.
I will reevaluate the list to see if the ‘didn’t do’ ones are moving to the new list.
One that keeps coming up on my list(s) is creating more freedom for myself.
While there are behind-the-scenes steps in progress, here’s another way I’m going to achieve this:
Making some posts subscriber-only posts.
Because it is important to me, the Monday posts will stay public.
Everyone will get the following:
Weekly Monday posts
Announcements & updates about classes and books
Random commentary pieces
Subscribers will get:
Everything listed above
Subscriber-only posts and full archive
Monthly Zoom hangouts
More that I’m still putting together
This means more access to my writing and thought process will be in the subscriber posts. Without getting too prescriptive, I imagine many public posts will be starting points for more in-depth posts for subscribers.
The subscriber model also supports me directly, allowing me to focus more on the things I want to do for you and all of my communities: write, make magick, create safer spaces, and interact directly with individuals and groups to create sustainability.
Subscribers will also get to hear about:
My writing process, the industry as I encounter it, etc.
My travels & pilgrimages
Personal practices and learnings
Works-in-progress
I don’t want to get too detailed about all of this as I imagine I will add things as we go along, and move things around as seems right to do.
Thank you for supporting my work in this way as you can. Even if you can’t be a subscriber right now, sharing my posts and commenting helps, too. And I love reading your comments.
So, happy birthday to me.
To this writer self I have become after so many years, days, hours, and seconds: you can ask for support. You deserve to ask for what you need.
I don’t do this work alone. I can’t do this work alone.
Again, thank you for reading, supporting, cheering me on, and offering what you do.
Please reach out if you’d like me to write about a particular topic. I’m open to suggestions!
In love and magick,
Irisanya Moon
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