Here’s what I learned!

So for a brief backstory, I kicked off my blogging journey on WordPress in 2023, the year my youngest was born. It was an incredible feat to finally commit (huge for me). Then I published my posts in the middle of the night so I wouldn’t have to know how long it took to get the first click. Ha.

Since then, I’ve discovered Substack which is an actual social platform. But better. And I have been finding it easier to grow there compared to my original platform. I am still writing in both in the meantime.

First, a minute to rave about how much I love Substack!

When I am ready to post something, I don’t even have to write a whole blog post. There’s this portion of Substack that is more social, called Notes. And that’s where short messages and links to longer posts get shared. There are even carousels of aesthetic images shared there, too.

Another helpful perk is being able to schedule publications and restacks. If I found ten posts/notes I adore, I can space it out and have it pop up on the scroll at reasonable times of day.

Since I started–only back in November 2025–I feel like I’ve been welcomed into a kind, calm, creative community that immensely fuels my own writing–professionally and personally. I kid you not but I have never been writing so consistently until I really plugged into Substack.

Since that milestone I’ve almost doubled subscribers already. Below is a graph of the past 30 days.

It’s so fascinating to see the numbers rising.

My three words of advice is: Just get started!

1. Start writing and share your posts. Honestly, just start writing. It would be good to narrow your ideas down to three key things that light you up. But do keep in mind that you can change them over time. You are allowed to change your mind. My three things are my kids, books, and baking. schedule your posts.

I try to publish a full post at least one every week but I refuse to lock myself into that. I will write when I am inspired and sometimes it comes in waves. I will disclose that I have 90-some drafts waiting to be completed so there is no shortage on topics. There is that.

2. Engage on Notes. This is not like DMs where you’re cold messaging people. (there is a whole separate chat section for that) As you scroll Notes, comment on those things that speak to you—you’ll be surprised to find that there is a lot of substance there. I’ve developed a habit of an hour engaging on notes a day and even restacking the really good stuff and scheduling those every day, I’ve focused on the afternoon. And the best part is that it all comes naturally–I love what I read and am genuinely commenting what I appreciated about it.

Feel free to post on Notes at least once a day if at all. But you can just start by commenting on others’ and restacking what you love. Only what you love though. Don’t feel pressured to do anything..

3. Finesse your page. This can happen at the beginning or once you’ve gotten into a groove and feel like you know your niche. This was so fun to design my page–I felt like such a professional. I make tweaks from time to time to make sure it is just how I like it. You can also get inspiration from other pages. There’s so much creativity out there!

Make additional pages if you like, ways to divide up your passions! I had fun with that and even have a whole page dedicated to my actual portfolio.

4. As you continue engaging genuinely, you’ll find inspiration for a lifetime. There are two great ways to engage and that’s through following and subscribing. Following someone means you like what they’re saying and you might like to hear more from them. Subscribing, on the other hand, is saying I love this page, and I want their work sent straight to my inbox. (I get too many emails so you can actually turn it off in the settings). But also their posts would be on your feed, so there’s that.

5. Keep exploring! There are other aspects I have yet to delve deeply into that I’ll have to share in a next installment of this topic.

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Thanks for reading along!