Not One of the Fifty

So last week was the 50th of 50. I won’t lie I feel a certain sense of achievement in having done what I set out to and as promised here’s what I’ve decided in terms of what happens next. Life After Fifty.

I’m going to continue, I was easily persuaded. However there will be some changes. I don’t think I necessarily have enough 50 Things post ideas left to do that indefinitely but there are still a few that I haven’t told. I did love all of the suggestions as to things I might do and if I had enough time would do all of them, but sadly I don’t. This takes a little bit of time each week to sit and write, probably when I should be doing something that is paying the bills and I enjoy doing it.

What I do love though is that each week I write about one thing. Whether that’s about music or Action Man™ or anything else for that matter. I write about one thing. So that’s what I’m going to continue doing. Each week I’ll write about one thing that’s inspired me from the ideas that you all gave me or is something from my 50 years (soon to be 51). It might be a book I read or had a big influence on my life, it might be about the garden, who knows what will come next! I’ll try and keep to the same routine, but I might take the odd week here and there for holidays and stuff if I don’t bank posts up, so you shouldn’t find me in your inbox any more frequently than you do already.

Of course if you don’t like the sound of this please feel free to hit the unsubscribe button at the bottom of this email. I’ll be sorry to see you go, but I understand if this isn’t what you signed up for and no hard feelings.

Now I’m also going to make some other changes. I’m not using anywhere near the potential that Substack offers, so I want to up my game a bit. Starting somewhen between when this post goes out and before the next one after that, I’m going to turn on paid subscriptions and the chat feature. I don’t yet know quite what I’m going to do with the chat yet and initially there will be no difference between being a paid subscriber and a free subscriber. I’m also going to make everyone who is subscribed at that point a free paid subscriber for life (unless you unsubscribe at a later date). So if you’re one of the people who reads this newsletter by following the Twitter or other link but isn’t subscribed now’s a good time to hit the subscription button. Ultimately I will be doing some things for paid subscribers only but not quite yet. Should you not wish to be a paid subscriber (even a free for life one) then let me know. It might sound counterintuitive to do this but loyalty has its rewards and you can always buy me a coffee here.

Away from the newsletter I’m thinking about using my blog more. Perhaps as more of a status update or more immediate news. I haven’t quite thought this through. You can also subscribe there (if you really want an overload of me in your inbox) or use an RSS reader or just stop by now and again. I’m thinking of this more as a replacement for Twitter unless by some miracle that’s rescued by someone sensible, which seems increasingly unlikely.

So that’s it. I hope you’ll stick around but if not thanks for joining me this far. Any questions then just leave a comment or simply reply to the email that delivered this newsletter and I’ll get back to you.