Loved every word of this, Thao!! “Sure, it helps to have a certain prescience towards the things that will spark the Zeitgeist. But what’s most important to cultivate, in my opinion, is curiosity. Wonder.” Yes to wonder and so excited to upcoming issues!!!
Love this so much!! I love lists of any kind and don’t need them to be the hottest thing. In fact, I find comfort when I can be like - yes I read that too! Which is not a feeling I usually get with new releases since I’m pretty choosy about those and want to work on my back catalog more! Also when I first read about being the last to know, I thought about being the last friend or family member to know about something that happened which I think is similar to the feelings of being left out and uncool.
Thank you so much for reading, Katie! I’m the same about new releases; I’m still catching up on the Colleen Hoover hype! And that is such a good point about being the last to know what happened. I usually find things out very FAR down the grapevine too, because I live so far away from my folks. Once, an uncle moved back to Vietnam for two months before I found out. 😂
I got so giddy when I saw my Substack notification of your first newsletter edition! And my giddiness lead to pure joy in the reality of it! Loved it! And it’s so lovely to know I’m not the only other one out there hanging onto all the cool trend news by a thread ha! You’ve encouraged me to say “so long” to that struggle :)
Can’t wait to keep reading your wonderful words, keep ‘em coming xo
Oh, this is SO kind, Elizabeth!! Thank you for reading; and yay for leaving those trends behind :) Unsurprisingly, I'm still talking about coolness, though, in my next newsletter about cool moms :P
Loved every word of this, Thao!! “Sure, it helps to have a certain prescience towards the things that will spark the Zeitgeist. But what’s most important to cultivate, in my opinion, is curiosity. Wonder.” Yes to wonder and so excited to upcoming issues!!!
Thank you so much, Leslie! You are such an inspiration to me in cultivating curiosity!!
Love this so much!! I love lists of any kind and don’t need them to be the hottest thing. In fact, I find comfort when I can be like - yes I read that too! Which is not a feeling I usually get with new releases since I’m pretty choosy about those and want to work on my back catalog more! Also when I first read about being the last to know, I thought about being the last friend or family member to know about something that happened which I think is similar to the feelings of being left out and uncool.
Can’t wait for more from you!!
Thank you so much for reading, Katie! I’m the same about new releases; I’m still catching up on the Colleen Hoover hype! And that is such a good point about being the last to know what happened. I usually find things out very FAR down the grapevine too, because I live so far away from my folks. Once, an uncle moved back to Vietnam for two months before I found out. 😂
I got so giddy when I saw my Substack notification of your first newsletter edition! And my giddiness lead to pure joy in the reality of it! Loved it! And it’s so lovely to know I’m not the only other one out there hanging onto all the cool trend news by a thread ha! You’ve encouraged me to say “so long” to that struggle :)
Can’t wait to keep reading your wonderful words, keep ‘em coming xo
Oh, this is SO kind, Elizabeth!! Thank you for reading; and yay for leaving those trends behind :) Unsurprisingly, I'm still talking about coolness, though, in my next newsletter about cool moms :P