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📝 Letters from the Rebuild #1

Before the Break: The Writer I Used to Be

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Apr 30, 2025
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Let me tell you about the writer I used to be.

She was confident.
She was capable.

She was exhausted.

Back then, I was making four figures a month from my writing.
Publishing stories I loved.
Running tech systems for authors (and local small-business tech customers).
Teaching, guiding, fixing, supporting.

From the outside? I was thriving.
But on the inside… I was already unraveling.

There were signs, of course.
Late nights chasing deadlines I didn’t believe in.
Creaking bones and a nervous system running on fumes.
Sacrificing meals, sleep, and silence to hold space for everyone else—and rarely for myself.

I knew I was nearing a threshold.
But I just didn’t know how close I was to the edge…


🪟 This is just a glimpse of the truth I’m finally ready to share.
If you feel something stirring—if you're rebuilding too—join me inside the den for the rest of the story.
🐾 Paid subscribers receive the full letter, plus practical workings, downloadable printables, audio musings, journal prompts, and more to walk this path with me.


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