I hear you and I see you! It’s been quite a few years like this for me and things have had to shift more recently if I want anything to change. You’re wonderful LC, that book deal will happen. I know it! 💘
I absolutely adore your content and I find you to be an authentic voice in a sea of sameness! Please keep it up. You are amazing and deserve to do well. 😍😘🥰
I think it’s nigh on impossible to grow on IG - you’re doing everything right but it’s over saturated and with that in mind 38k is more than respectable. The thing with Substack maybe is to see it as a safer place than the other channels - the build is slow but the rewards are rich :-)
It's really fucking hard to keep going and depend entirely on yourself when freelance (and I can imagine living in your own place adds to that pressure too). You are brill, LC! (Also, the Substack I started March 2024, drafted 7 (!) posts for but got the fear too much to post is glaring at me rn)
I hope this doesn’t sound patronising but make sure you stop and take stock of how much you’ve achieved often, rather than waiting to do that until you reach the BIG goal. I love reading anything you write and look forward to the book! Happy to harass you for content if it keeps you on track ☺️
I enjoy reading your Substack and watching your content on instagram, as others have said you seem lovely and relatable and I hope honest about the products your really enjoy. Something I would suggest, if you don’t mind, is if you were to take time to respond to comments on here ? That way it feels more like a conversation.
Love your writing so much, and I was at a baby shower the other day (with people I’d only really met once or twice, living in another city) and we were talking about Labubu’s and one of the other women was like, I follow this beauty editor who loves Labubu’s and I was like, LC?! And she said yes!
I then sent your page to another one of the baby shower attendees, because I knew she would love your content.
As some of the other comments have said, you’ve got a real loyal fanbase - and we think you’re fab!
as someone freelancing rn this is very honest, very real, and very relatable. on the sunny side can’t wait to read your book already, I know it’ll be as fab as you are!
I really enjoy your writing and all of your content. I mean I even browsed Sylvanian Families on Etsy! You have helped me release my inner cutsie!
Many congratulations on such a fantastic fundraiser. Tremendous impact and I probably can't fully appreciate all the logistics for it. You have a wonderful group of cheerleaders around you. Feel the love! I'm a midlifer (why do I always feel the need to mention that when I post on here?) and many seems to be writing a book on how to smash a midlife menopause book now (probably while wearing a weighted vest). What sort of book are you thinking?
I’m right here with you!! I feel like i’m not focused enough but then when I focus in very deeply, I stagnate myself trying to come up with ideas that will “go viral,” they ofcourse fall flat, and my idea well runs dry. It’s a delicate dance of giving yourself time and space to create, but not applying so much pressure that you freeze. I appreciate your honesty in this post, I relate to a lot of it and i’m sending you love and strength xo
It is rough out here! And none of that is because you're a failure. As my therapist would say, feel your feelings, then we get back out there tomorrow <3
Shall we do mid-year vision boards on holiday?
PS rich or not, I’m always proud of you and us and everything we’ve achieved together and separately ok
I hear you and I see you! It’s been quite a few years like this for me and things have had to shift more recently if I want anything to change. You’re wonderful LC, that book deal will happen. I know it! 💘
I absolutely adore your content and I find you to be an authentic voice in a sea of sameness! Please keep it up. You are amazing and deserve to do well. 😍😘🥰
I think it’s nigh on impossible to grow on IG - you’re doing everything right but it’s over saturated and with that in mind 38k is more than respectable. The thing with Substack maybe is to see it as a safer place than the other channels - the build is slow but the rewards are rich :-)
It's really fucking hard to keep going and depend entirely on yourself when freelance (and I can imagine living in your own place adds to that pressure too). You are brill, LC! (Also, the Substack I started March 2024, drafted 7 (!) posts for but got the fear too much to post is glaring at me rn)
I hope this doesn’t sound patronising but make sure you stop and take stock of how much you’ve achieved often, rather than waiting to do that until you reach the BIG goal. I love reading anything you write and look forward to the book! Happy to harass you for content if it keeps you on track ☺️
I enjoy reading your Substack and watching your content on instagram, as others have said you seem lovely and relatable and I hope honest about the products your really enjoy. Something I would suggest, if you don’t mind, is if you were to take time to respond to comments on here ? That way it feels more like a conversation.
Love your writing so much, and I was at a baby shower the other day (with people I’d only really met once or twice, living in another city) and we were talking about Labubu’s and one of the other women was like, I follow this beauty editor who loves Labubu’s and I was like, LC?! And she said yes!
I then sent your page to another one of the baby shower attendees, because I knew she would love your content.
As some of the other comments have said, you’ve got a real loyal fanbase - and we think you’re fab!
as someone freelancing rn this is very honest, very real, and very relatable. on the sunny side can’t wait to read your book already, I know it’ll be as fab as you are!
I really enjoy your writing and all of your content. I mean I even browsed Sylvanian Families on Etsy! You have helped me release my inner cutsie!
Many congratulations on such a fantastic fundraiser. Tremendous impact and I probably can't fully appreciate all the logistics for it. You have a wonderful group of cheerleaders around you. Feel the love! I'm a midlifer (why do I always feel the need to mention that when I post on here?) and many seems to be writing a book on how to smash a midlife menopause book now (probably while wearing a weighted vest). What sort of book are you thinking?
I’m right here with you!! I feel like i’m not focused enough but then when I focus in very deeply, I stagnate myself trying to come up with ideas that will “go viral,” they ofcourse fall flat, and my idea well runs dry. It’s a delicate dance of giving yourself time and space to create, but not applying so much pressure that you freeze. I appreciate your honesty in this post, I relate to a lot of it and i’m sending you love and strength xo
It is rough out here! And none of that is because you're a failure. As my therapist would say, feel your feelings, then we get back out there tomorrow <3