I don't know how likely it is that I'll ever be able to quit my job, but if I don't stop writing and subscriptions just keep accumulating, then it seems like it'll be some day. I don't see a reason why my growth would totally stop if I'm writing. Maybe I can quit when I'm 60 or maybe I can just supplement my income. I have 3 paid subscriptions right now. One is from a researcher I really respect and that means a lot to me. It also makes me feel more serious. I have a blog and it's generating income makes my hobby seem a little bit more serious in other people's eyes I suppose. I take it seriously myself though.
I would recommend just using the queuing feature and writing stuff in advance. I try to do that but it always comes down relatively close to crunch time.
I use the queuing feature some, but often only to put off publication till the next morning when I finish it up at midnight or something. Usually I just have a stack of in progress essays waiting for me to get riled up enough to finish them off or have time :) I rarely have enough complete and ready work, or close enough to complete, to worry about having two published too close together, unless it is something like an essay on some point I got angry and wrote during a meeting and a "look I made a thing this past weekend!" post. I don't trust myself to remember to go back and change a scheduled post if I change my mind (or calm down) so I don't even schedule it unless I am sure I want to post.
Thank you for sharing that interview and your thoughts. It inspired me to enable the paid option just because. The only downside I see is that Substack is a bit aggressive in "leading" people to choose the paid subscription, so this might keep some people from subscribing and choosing "none". Then again, you can be precise in your wording, and "quality over quantity" applies I suppose...
I don't know how likely it is that I'll ever be able to quit my job, but if I don't stop writing and subscriptions just keep accumulating, then it seems like it'll be some day. I don't see a reason why my growth would totally stop if I'm writing. Maybe I can quit when I'm 60 or maybe I can just supplement my income. I have 3 paid subscriptions right now. One is from a researcher I really respect and that means a lot to me. It also makes me feel more serious. I have a blog and it's generating income makes my hobby seem a little bit more serious in other people's eyes I suppose. I take it seriously myself though.
I would recommend just using the queuing feature and writing stuff in advance. I try to do that but it always comes down relatively close to crunch time.
I use the queuing feature some, but often only to put off publication till the next morning when I finish it up at midnight or something. Usually I just have a stack of in progress essays waiting for me to get riled up enough to finish them off or have time :) I rarely have enough complete and ready work, or close enough to complete, to worry about having two published too close together, unless it is something like an essay on some point I got angry and wrote during a meeting and a "look I made a thing this past weekend!" post. I don't trust myself to remember to go back and change a scheduled post if I change my mind (or calm down) so I don't even schedule it unless I am sure I want to post.
Thank you for sharing that interview and your thoughts. It inspired me to enable the paid option just because. The only downside I see is that Substack is a bit aggressive in "leading" people to choose the paid subscription, so this might keep some people from subscribing and choosing "none". Then again, you can be precise in your wording, and "quality over quantity" applies I suppose...