Writing to No One

Hi there.

Right now, I’m writing to no one.

There are zero subscribers on this list (other than me, using a test account).

Even though I have a much more robust group of readers in my regular newsletter, it’s still difficult to write into the void for a new group, made up only of imagined future readers.

I hear this often from clinicians who are starting a newsletter from scratch.

People feel unmoored, unsure, and even a little bit foolish writing their first message (and often their second, third, and fourth ones as well).

In some ways it can feel like journaling, but in public.

My suggestion is to remember three things if you find yourself writing to a teeny-tiny list: