A Year of Writing Again
Ever Get Home turns one. Thank You for supporting me.
Ever Get Home launched on April 7, 2023. Which means we crossed the one-year mark two days ago, last Sunday to be exact. April 7 also happens to be my nephew’s birthday. Landon just turned 12 and I love him a lot. I decided that he shouldn’t have to share the spotlight. Plus, the two weekly groups I lead, they meet on Sundays and Mondays. All of this to say, I made an executive decision to delay the celebration for a couple days, but now the cat-sized dog is out of the bag.
Thank You to everyone who has supported my return to writing over the last year. As I continue to figure out this chapter in my career, it’s hard to explain the level of gratitude I feel for those who care enough to become paid subscribers. There is no shortage of words to read online, and plenty you can read for free. Thanks to all who choose to pay for mine. Not only does your support make it possible for me to spend time writing, it sends a message that you want me to.
A truly special thanks to all the founding members, whose above-and-beyond support allows me to show up here. Heck, your support helps me pay my rent and pay my bills. It’s hard to explain how much that means. I’ll be announcing another Zoom for us to get together super soon.
Thank You to everyone who has gifted a subscription over the last year. Every time I see this, it makes me smile. There are plenty of cool things to spend fifty bucks on. Thanks for choosing to share my writing with someone in your life.
Please note: If you do not like my writing and/or want to gift a subscription to someone you don’t like, that’s allowed as well.
Thank You to those who have bought merch! In case you didn’t know, there’s a little Ever Get Home collection, with two posters and two shirts.
If you haven’t spent a dollar but you’re here, thanks to you as well. If money is tight, I can relate. If you’re simply curious, welcome. I hope you find something encouraging.
There will be more posts in the days ahead. I’ll share some highlights, some reflections, and some thoughts on Year Two. For now, I just wanted to say thanks. Writing is important to me, still feels like something that I’m meant to do. I’ve been thinking a lot and learning a lot, about ADHD and avoidance, about minimizing distractions and choosing to do the things I say I want to do. Well, I know I want to show up here more. And I still want to make a second book happen.
Thank You for caring. Thanks for your belief in me.
Upcoming Small-Group Conversations:
Thursday, April 11 - Avoidance
Wednesday, April 17 - “I Wish I Had More Friends”
Tuesday, April 30 - Imposter Syndrome (sold out)
Saturday, May 4 - Imposter Syndrome
Thursday, May 9 - “ADHD (I’m Learning How My Brain Works)”
If you’re interested in booking me for a speaking event, whether it’s in-person or virtual, keynote or workshop, public or private, the kind folks at Collective Speakers can help.
SO glad you, your thoughts and words are showing up here. B x
Wow Jamie! Happy Birthday to Ever Get Home! Happy one year of writing again! This post got me thinking about your writing, and it's over 17 years since I first read what became the TWLOHA story on MySpace. And it made me think of all the things I've been through since then, the ups and the downs, bad and good, and all the people who I've known since then, people who have come and gone, friends who I wasn't enough for, and all through that your writing was the one constant I had.
I had never felt the kindness you talked about in the first TWLOHA story, but it gave me hope that such kindness was possible. And over the years I have learned so much from your writing, at the very core of it all was that I matter, because growing up I'd always been told I didn't, I wasn't good enough, or special enough. The one person who told me I was special did it so that I wouldn't tell anyone he was hurting me. But your writing showed me that I DO matter, that how I feel matters, and I learned hope, I learned how to hold on through the storms. Your writing has helped me in so much of my healing, words and phrases from your writing are so much of the very foundations of my strength and I could go on forever listing them all so I won't but reading this made me realise just how grateful I am for you, for all the connections I've been lucky enough to have with you over the years and for the fact that you not only shared your writing with us all those years ago on MySpace but that you continued to do so, and that you made the choice to start writing again one year ago too.
Thank you Jamie for sharing your words with all of us. You always have my full support in whatever you choose to do, and one of these days I'll be better financially so I can afford your own merch (hopefully). Thank you Jamie for always being you!