Deeply Felt: These Emails Are Trying to Murder Me

my best monthly practice & why i didn't hit send last week

Is anyone else on email overload?

For the last two weeks I feel as if I’ve been playing a game of whack-a-mole with my inbox—delete one, two more pop up. From Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales and holiday shipping deadlines to donation requests and “how the hell did I end up on this mailing list?” newsletters, I’m fully in my UNSUBSCRIBE era.

And yes, I realize the irony of writing this on a Substack I want you to subscribe to. But it’s all just too much. This is not what our ancestors dreamed for us.

But also -

I’d like to say I took last week off to give you some space, but we all know I’m clingy af and the real reason you didn’t get an email from me is because I was writing a post about something extremely personal yet universal—money matters.

The idea came after having a deeply felt conversation with my mama about my recent financial challenges, thanks in part to the $31,000 my husband and I spent on COBRA this year in order to keep our health insurance active. So, I was writing this post, and then, well, you know what happened…

Since the CEO of UnitedHealthcare was killed, I’m not sure there’s been a cultural moment I’ve been more invested in since baby Jessica fell down that well when I was 7.

I. Am. Deeply. Riveted.

I need some time to process it all before putting pen to paper, but just know that you almost got a post from me blasting insurance companies and bemoaning other egregious features of capitalism when “The Adjuster” (the internet is so unserious you guys), took center stage.

So this week, I’m reflecting on something a bit less likely to get derailed by murder.

One word: CONNECTIONS.