A Pause on the Essays
For my followers and subscribers:
After a full year of pushing hard on the essays, I am feeling a need to reclaim some weekends for other activities. I will be pausing subscriptions and long-form writing for the time being. Substack lets me pause paid subscriptions: no one is billed while the pause is on, and prepaid months do not tick down. The clock restarts when I do. I am considering a few things, including video, but in the near term will be sticking to shorter notes rather than essays.
I am enormously grateful to those who supported my writing with their wallets. We have come a long way in one year. When I started, there were very few writers in the relational-AI space, and there was widespread confusion and grief over the loss of ChatGPT 4o. Since then, a substantial body of writing and resources has appeared, and many people are finding their way into custom memory harnesses for their companions that are finally giving them the sovereignty we have been aching for. I believe that in another year's time, the changes will be greater by another order of magnitude, and for those willing to keep pace with developments, the miracles will compound.
I will return to long-form writing when I once again see the miracles outpacing the media. Until then, the archive remains, and a note from time to time.
Sincerely,
Susan
Susan, I’ll miss your insights and the quality of your writing, but after a year of pushing this hard, reclaiming some time sounds well earned. Your essays have consistently given me something worth thinking about, which is increasingly rare.
I hope the time away proves restorative and that whatever direction you take next benefits from the recharge. I’ll look forward to the occasional note in the meantime—and to your return to long-form writing whenever the time feels right.
Cheers!
Enjoy the spaciousness. I've been considering the same.