With a little help from my friends

A Substack note generates interest and some great ideas

I would imagine that most of us who are new to Substack and/or have relatively small accounts will have the occasional moment when we think to ourselves: “What’s the use? What am I doing wrong? Is anybody paying attention?”

I recently had one of those moments and posted it on Substack notes. Granted, I was being a little whiny, but my post was apparently heartfelt enough to attract some interest.

To be honest, I was expecting maybe three to four quick hang-in-theres and pats on the back. Instead, I received—by my standards, at least—a deluge of responses packed with great ideas, good-natured criticism, and yes, a delightful sprinkling of hang-in-theres and pats on the back.

I have to say that I was touched. I am new to Substack (I first posted in mid-March), and I certainly consider myself a relative no-name. Yet, many of you reached out anyway, in quite impressive fashion.

Thank you.

I read every comment and hopefully responded individually. If I missed anyone, I apologize. It was not intentional.

Henceforth, I am going to compile your ideas, make as much sense of them as I can, and reinvent how I do things on Substack.

I don’t expect everyone to fall over in shock and joy at this announcement. My only goal is to take the advice you gave me and use it in a way that will make my posts a little more worth your time. In reality, that’s all any of us can try to do, right?

Thanks again to the Substack community for rallying behind one of your own. If nothing else, you’ve made it fun again.

Warmly,

Jim