Dear Friend
I was not planning to write tonight, but I received this beautiful feedback on the previous post and wanted to address it.
Why am I not responding via “reply” email but making it a letter? When I was in the Marines, we learned that if one person in the platoon had a question, surely someone else had the same.
There is a deeper truth behind that, too.
We all think we are unique and special, but the truth is quite the opposite: we are very much alike. We have the same problems, the same pains, and the exact needs. As a cultural anthropologist, I realize we have followed the same patterns since we formed some 200,000 years ago. This is why a 20,000-year-old cave painting, a 3,200-year-old book (by Homer), and a 100-year-old black-and-white movie equally speak to our souls.
I know you still feel special, and I do, too.
We like different foods, we entertain differently, and we might have different skin colors. Mine is bright red after the sunburn last weekend. 🙂
We are the same deep down, so I am writing this. Someone out there will need these words someday—not today, not tomorrow, but someday.
Back to the feedback answers.
Is there a possibility to comment on the blog posts? There is no way to comment on posts, which is probably for the better. I want the reader to have an individual experience, not a REDDIT throllfest. I created a Twitter (X.com) community. I hope you are the first brave soul to join it.
You got used to expecting my morning emails. That is by far the biggest compliment I could receive. I am thankful!
I can’t write every day. With extremely demanding work and kids, there is often no time or energy. I always have something to write about. 🙂
The second reason I do not send letters daily is that I fear losing my audience. My audience is not significantly growing, but I lose about 1.5% (unsubscribers) every time I hit “send.”
I feel that I should be sending only masterpieces, but every piece of advice I get from successful writers is to keep on writing. They say that by letter #100, it will be readable, maybe even likable. I hope there will be more readers at #100 than just me and you.
I do not email every post, so there is a bunch of them on the blog you probably have not read yet.
You mentioned that some posts are to your liking, others not. Yes, that is a problem with a broad “lifestyle” topic and not a niche coverage.
I am including a questionnaire to see people’s interests. I might send posts to subsets of people based on their interests. Please take a moment to update this survey.
Respectfully,
Uki D. Lucas https://www.linkedin.com/in/ukidlucas/
P.S. I am listening to Chloé Stafler “Mad World” on YouTube.com