A Change Is Coming…

The Future of This Newsletter and The Value of My Work

If you feel content with the two times a month letters schedule, that I have had this winter, I have good news for you:

• Nothing is changing. I will still be writing you with a free letter every other Sunday (two times a month) 📩

If, however, you want to hear more from me. To know the full story, the personal one, I invite you to read along…

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My Dear Reader,

Lately I have been feeling a change coming over me.

As the weather is warming up I find myself outside more and more. The pram stands beside me with the baby snoring away as I plant beech bushes by the fence or prune the old fruit trees.

Inside the sun beams in once again and I am sat down more and more often by my small desk in front of the south facing window. All the while my 2 year old is playing at my feet, singing, and talking away.

And me, I write, and I muse. I write my morning pages, and I write to you, in this newsletter.

Spring has brought me back my creativity and my joy for work.

It is in stark contrast to how I’ve been feeling in winter, overwhelmed with becoming a new mother.

But there is no denying it.

A change is coming…

My creativity is flowing once again. I hear it as loud as the brook by our house. My confidence is returning, and with it: my work-ethics.

To me, being a stay-at-home-mother to our two children feels like my most important job right now, and I feel confident in it.

Being a stay-at-home-mother is work that I cherise and love, but still work non the less, and one that takes up most of my time. I feel deeply that my work as a Mother is valuable.

However, the state does not.

If money is the metric by which value is measured in a capitalist society, the state puts the value of my work as a Mother at naught. Zero.

And then there is this. My creative work, my writing.

I love writing this newsletter, and I want to and feel more than ready to return to my usual schedule of posting once a week instead of two times a month.

But I cannot go on like before, I’m afraid.

Since the birth of our son I’ve had a new workload added to me.

Right now, I’m working more than I have ever before, from dusk till dawn. I am comforting the baby, playing with the two year old and writing (sometimes concurrently)

Still, my income is zero.

But I cannot believe that that is the value of my work. As a matter of fact, I know that it is not.

That is why I have decided to launch paid posts (properly this time).

A handful of you have already signed up, and I cannot thank the ones who did enough. You reassured me that my creative work has value, and for that I am eternally grateful.

But to the ones that have not yet signed up for paid posts, this is what you have in store:

• A letter from me every Sunday 💌

• Every chapter of Our Homestead Journey 🍃

• Full access to the Archive 🍂

All letters, even the free ones, will be automatically be converted to paid posts after 2 months.

I know this might be disappointing to some of you that signed up for free with the expectation of getting a post every week.

But frankly, I feel deeply that what I share holds value, and that I should be compensated for the time and effort I put into my work.

Becoming a paid subscriber means that you will:

• Become one of my very first paying supporters (thank you so much).

• Receive a new story from me every week, instead of only two times a month.

• Have access to the complete archive of stories, including the very beginning of our homestead journey.

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I run my newsletter through the platform Substack. Substack handles all of the payments, and they take a fair share of about 10% of the payment when you sign up.

The rest ca. 90% goes directly to me, allowing me to continue to write my stories from our 100 year old homestead.

If you want to become my supporter, press the green button, and I will see you next Sunday ❤️

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Feel free to share any post ideas (free & paid) that you would like to read from me in the comments, and I will take these into consideration when choosing what to write in the upcoming months!

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With much love,

Anne of Baggebo ❤️