KISS Friday - 20 Dec, 2024

Reads from awesome Substack writers

Dec 20, 2024

Every Friday, I’ll be showcasing some fine works from Substack writers on different topics.

Handpicked by yours truly.

Send me your recommendations if you want to be featured!

🚴‍♂️Experience

Resilient Mental State

Mindsets Influence Mental States

Since my teenage years, I’ve been known to say everything is a mental state. While this isn’t absolutely true (nothing is), mental states are the filter through which we experience the world…

2 months ago · 8 likes · 10 comments · Kyle Shepard

Cosmographia

How to think about the Substack network

Welcome to Cosmographia. This is a bonus post of sorts that almost fits within our ongoing Cartography of Networks series, but not really. As it’s very much geared towards other Substack writers, rather than reg…

6 months ago · 526 likes · 130 comments · M. E. Rothwell

The Curious Detour

Choice Paralysis: Escaping the Trap of Endless Options

Has this ever happened to you? You walk into a coffee shop, Starbucks for example. You're probably in a rush, and there’s a queue. All you want is a cup of something warm with caffeine to start your day. Simple enough, right…

2 months ago · 8 likes · 9 comments · Mark

🪁Storytelling

Harshini writes

Do you find it awkward to be honest about your feelings?

Oftentimes, I find it difficult to say my true feelings to people…

2 months ago · 6 likes · 1 comment · Harshini

Ignite Presence

Modern Feminism Has Failed Us

Female empowerment is a topic that seems to be everywhere these days. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all here for it. Yet what I have seen feminism become is not at all empowering to…

2 months ago · 10 likes · 15 comments · Hege Kristoffersen

Life Litter

12 — Sex chess

Where were we? Oh yes, the train from Sanfran to New York. September 2008…

2 months ago · 116 likes · 40 comments · Jill

🎼Creativity

Rewilding the Feminine

Feel the fear, grow those wings

It’s Tuesday evening, and I’ve just finished a bowl of lentil soup with a Swedish-inspired cheese bun baked by Mr. Handsome. Now, I’m sitting behind my laptop with a cup of tea, franticly hitting my keyboard to pour out the words swirling around in my head before I leave for my weekly sewing lesson…

2 months ago · 10 likes · 10 comments · Lieke Mulder

The CopyWriter's Revolt

2:47AM

Someone said I had no talent for writing. Fuck it. You be the judge…

2 months ago · 10 likes · 12 comments · George Kalantzis

The Creator's Journey

Why Do I Create Content? (It’s Not About Money or Attention)

As a new creator, there are times that I can’t help but worry about whether I’ll be successful in this career…

2 months ago · 6 likes · 6 comments · Alea

🧲 TL;DR - Top rave

Write • Build • Scale

7 Trends That Will Shape The Online Writing Industry In 2025

I’ve been writing online since 2018…

2 months ago · 10 likes · 3 comments · Sinem Günel

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