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I really, really love this. Especially May. Thank you for existing and doing your work and the willingness to trust yourself. Huge fan here lol.

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Same. Hard same. I'll follow you wherever you go.

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I’ll follow you wherever you go!! Let’s build a new society or something.

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Commenting here to let you know that your essay today is one that I am sending to everyone I know, and is a better version of so what I feel like I touched on in my own letter today: stepping out of the void anyway because the unseen cost of staying in it was worse than actually increasing my personal GDP. I see an 81% loss in my sales, but hell if I don’t feel rich in just about everything else.

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That is exactly what I took from what you wrote, and that they came out so close to one another, and that Nic is one of the other commenters here and what she's been writing; it makes me think about how my friend Em the other day was talking about how the same ideas emerge at the same time in different locations. Sometimes I feel like I'm totally out on a limb and making no sense and then I read something like this and I'm like, ok. I'm not wildly off the mark. WE ARE RICH.

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YES. I also had the exact same thought reading Nic's letter too. I was like, ok we're clearly IN THE SAME SOUP. Maybe it's weird, maybe it's...a sign. Maybe we're all cut from the same cloth (and I mean, like, all of us).

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Your bathroom coffee made me smile so big. What a real and beautiful and much needed (for me) reminder that devotion to our art sometimes requires the changing of our small rituals and patterns and locations of being. I am so grateful you started this Substack; your words have been some of my favorites over the past year.

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And your words for me, too. Thanks Nic. Bathroom coffee is here to stay, no more battle for kettle, no more morning small talk, just me, my bacteria, and beans.

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So much growth! I’m learning so much from your thoughtful words. Very helpful for me. Love you.

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I love you

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I love receiving your newsletter and it helped me to feel confident enough to start my own for each roll of film I get developed. less shyness, more sharing. THANK YOU! xo

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Wow I love that idea too!

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Happy birthday, Unsupervised! Your words have changed me as a writer with a social media presence, an observer, a lover, a friend, a woman, a human being and a reader. You are what I call a “comfortable influencer”, although an influencer isn’t what you are, but whenever I question my feelings towards social media creators or creators that use social media, I try to find those that show me that existing in the digital world and being exposed to other people’s choices, failures and successes can feel comfortable. There’s no feeling of comparison when I read your newsletters, just deep empathy. Wishing you lots of luck in the adventures you’re seeking, Anna!

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Ugh. Yes. God. Thank you. Thank you.

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Grateful for your words and work, your prose and presence, your willingness to keep turning closer and closer toward yourself and sharing what it's like. Happy one year 🤍

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Thank you, Lisa. So much appreciation for the grace your work inspires me to give myself in order to make my own.

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congratulations, anna! and thank you. i’m going to start a substack because i think it’ll make me feel more proud of myself - and i want to be. thanks for the go ahead and looking forward to many more years :)

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Yes!!! ;)

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I want to soak up all the love in the world too, Anna.

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When my body feels like a smile! Been thinking so much about how this relates to the amount of time we spend outdoors, thanks to one of your recent posts.

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My year of "Buy No Things" has found an exception.

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and it made my day, so though I am biased, I'd say it was worth it!

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I’m so behind. Just wanted to say thank you your vulnerability. You’ve helped me.

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No behind! You're right on time. Thank you for reading.

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Your writing has the talent of making me feel every single word, even though English is not my native language. Still here freely, hopefully my own writing allows me to become paid in a time soon.

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I basically couldn’t love this more. Thankyou for the way you show up. ❤️

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Thank you for reading :)

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I have happily read all of these essays and I thank you for existing

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YES. Made my day. Thank you right back.

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this is so incredibly beautiful ❤️ thank you for sharing your art and writing with the world, you are a very special soul

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Thank you for reading <3

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You should be so proud of yourself Anna - I know I am 🌟

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"I did not know that one year later, I would have almost 11,000 readers. I did not know that a devoted writing practice would help me fine tune the process that is living my life. I did not know that the more I write, the more I want to write. I did not know that so many people, people I may never meet, would support me to do that writing, and that it would be the best thing that ever happened to me. I was just doing what I had to do." -You inspired me to keep going. You reminded me that hard work does take you to a place you've never imagined. I loved reading your Substack. Thank you !

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