12 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started This Newsletter

Reflections on two years.

This week marks two years of writing this newsletter.

It started as an exercise in commitment—a promise to show up every week, with no real plan beyond that. Over a hundred essays, three dozen interviews, and hundreds of card readings later—roughly four books’ worth of words!—I’d like to tell you I know exactly what I’m doing. But nothing could be furthe…