Yesterday Matt and I went to the movies for the first time in so long. We went to a 4pm show at the local independent theatre not far from the university where I'm taking art classes.
It was a sweet little outing to a sweet little theater I thought would be filled with maybe 5 others and us. I was mistaken. It was filled with around 100 people probably. I'm not great at estimating group/crowd size, but it was a lot. And we all sat there and laughed and cried together.
We saw Every Little Thing, a film about hummingbirds at first glance but so much more of course. At dinner we talked about themes that jumped out at us โ grief, resilience, compassion, fractals (everything at on small levels happens on big levels). It was a very moving movie. Hmm, is the etymology of movie related to moving? Never thought about that.
Anyway, I highly recommend Every Little Thing. We went back and forth about how many stars to give it on the app Matt uses to track movies. We landed on 4 1/2. He does not give them out freely, so trust me when I say this is a movie worth seeing. Take tissue!
There's lots of discussion about migrating off Meta and TikTok. I'm not on TT but I am on Instagram and have Facebook though I rarely log in (my IG posts feed to FB automatically). Overall, I'm a passive user of social media lately, which I like, but I've also been thinking for a few months about how I want to engage more actively for the sake of my business and plans for the future.
A client asked me last month if I'll get off Meta and I said something like, "Ugh, I know I should and probably will but I don't know what to do right now."
Full truth, I'm terrible about monitoring the news โ it's all just so fucking much, I can't keep up and honestly don't want to even though I know I should.
I saw a post last night that read: "Luigi was like 7 weeks ago. LA fires began only 2.5 weeks ago."
The horrors of our country and world are happening at such a rapid pace I struggle to stay up to date, so I tend to stop trying and get what I can through headlines that come to my inbox, from Matt because he's more on top of it, and from sources I trust and respect on the internet like adrienne maree brown, YK Hong, Waging NonViolence, Al Jazeera and The Guardian.
What I know about Meta's CEO, who's name I don't like saying just like the President of our country, and his relinquishing responsibility to fact check, suppressing information about abortion access, and wreaking havoc on our privacy, I can no longer ignore the literal harm he's causing.
And, I've been trying to figure out what the best move is for me and my micro business, the only reason I'm on these platforms.
I've decided to make a slow migration over time. How long, I'm not sure. The steps for me that I can figure out right now include:
- Owning my content to the best of my ability
- Going deeper, not wider with what I already have โ my podcast and this email community. So grateful for you!
- โI started a BlueSky account, please follow me there! I expect it could eventually replace Instagram for me, but I don't want to jump too soon since it's where I have the most followers and engagement. I don't want to cut off my nose to spite my face, so to speak. A girl's got bills to pay.
- I've been contemplating for over a year how I want to resurrect my podcast, which had a beautiful 2 season run when I was in a very different place in my life. It's still not crystal clear to me how I'm gonna go about things, but it will be happening by summer, I can feel it. It will be home for my thoughts and conversations with others. Please subscribe, rate and share it now so others can find it.
- โMy YouTube account has old stuff and all of 14 subscribers (so grateful of them!). I'm not sure if or how I'll use this platform, but I can see a future for it. Subscribe so you see what I do, if I do, when I do.
- โOh LinkedIn. I just don't know how to be with you. I have an account with many connections but just can't find a groove. I will figure out our relationship eventually, or maybe this is just it. Connect with me there.
I will add that I've thought long and hard about getting on Substack for over a year, and something keeps holding me back. I have an account and 5 drafts from months ago, but I just can't seem to do the things to get them across the finish line. It really hit me this morning that my energy is just so precious and I just don't want to invest it in building new things like this, at least not right now.
I need to go deeper with what I have, not wider.
I know what it feels like to be spread thin and burnt the fuck out. I cannot do that to myself again.
So, with that, I will be here on email, getting my wobbly legs under me on BlueSky, figuring out the next iteration of my podcast for now. You'll still see my on Instagram, but I'm weaning away from it. It will no longer be my go-to.
Alright my friends and loved ones, I have a rest retreat gathering in 25 minutes that I'm joining with one of my other beloved teachers, Dr. Chanti Tacaronte-Perez.
May you find something helpful in this email.
Sending you so much love.
Thank you for being here,
Annie
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