i’m starting over — if you’ve ever read me, please come with me.

recalibrating my writing life

dearest reader,

this space has held so many versions of me. some confused, some hopeful, all real.

and you, whether you came for a single sentence or stayed through every post, have held those versions with such grace. thank you. truly.

but lately… i haven’t been writing much. not just here, but anywhere. i keep waiting for the right moment, the right words, the right version of me to return. but maybe waiting is the problem.

so i’m choosing today. august 1st. no special alignment, no perfect caption. just… a beginning. again.

also, i felt like my words have been writing into a void. not just emotionally, but technically too. my posts have stopped reaching many inboxes, my newsletter is becoming harder to find despite having over 600 subscribers, even my notes gets zero likes every time and everything feels… stuck. shadowbanned, perhaps. stifled, definitely.

and so, i’m starting again.

not because i want to abandon this place, but because i want to write with breath in my lungs again. with clarity. with room to grow and be found.

i miss writing. i miss showing up fully. i miss hearing my own voice on the page and recognizing it as mine.

i want to take control of this part of my life again. not just the writing, but the practice of it. the joy. the commitment.

subscribe here💌(please come with me. your presence has always mattered.)

if you’ve ever felt seen, soothed, or startled by something i wrote, i would love to meet you again there.

with love,

halidah🩷