Being Mediocre
A mess of a newsletter about floundering through life, with smatterings of pop culture and overly honest mental health discussions, that will make you feel better about your own mediocrity.
Blogging is back, bitches!
My heart is salved by the fact that blogging is making a comeback thanks to Substack. I love to write. I love to have people read my writing, even though I also hate it. Most of all, I love to read long-form content, taking in people’s opinions and feelings, and marveling at the different ways people weave their words. It’s a welcome break from what online creativity has become: 1-minute lectures, fake smiles and placing a glossy filter over life, both figuratively and literally.
While the instant connectivity of social media is brilliant, I never really bonded with it as a creative outlet. I have found it hard to use as a medium of expression. I think writing, like this, with long sentences and mulled-over phrasing, is a medium much better suited to those of us who are more introverted.
But the thing is…
I’m not especially great at writing either. I just find it easier. I am, you might say, mediocre at it. Just like I am with most things. That’s not a put-down, by the way, I’m perfectly ok with it because greatness requires an energy I just haven’t got. I’m happy being average. And that’s where the idea of this newsletter, I believe we’re to call it, came to mind.
Inspired by drag queen Cheryl Hole’s iconic one-liner when she appeared on Drag Race UK season 1; “I’m ready for another week of me doing mediocre", this is life with the filter turned off. In a world where ideals are rammed down our throats at every corner, I want to acknowledge that mediocrity is fine. It might feel shit at times, but it’s definitely less stressful, and let’s all be honest, it’s where most of us are in a lot of facets of our lives.
So if you want to drudge through the murkier topics of life and cling on to glimmers of pop culture references and the odd soupçon of hope, subscribe!
Subscription tiers
Now don’t worry, I’m not getting ahead of myself. I am mediocre after all. I know I’m not a well-known writer or a content creator who has built up a sizeable readership, so I won’t be asking for much from you.
You have 2 subscription options.
Free tier- here you will get one free article a month, including audio, likely to touch on mental health, the trouble with existence, or some pop culture musings. You might get a second article from time to time depending on how creative I’m feeling.
Paid tier - for the princely sum of €5 (or €50 a year) a month you will get the same free article as our free subscribers PLUS either some Flash Fiction (extremely short stories that delve right into the nitty gritty of a storyline) or a much more personal essay that I don’t want just anyone reading
AND
a quarterly Tarot Card newsletter in which I will do a one-card reading based on birth month. Please note, this is really just for fun and it will be lighthearted for the most part, Tarot is essentially a parlour game after all. But if you take any resonance, guidance or spiritual relief from it then yay for both of us.
There is also a founding subscription which is €60 a month, but honestly, that’s just there because Substack didn’t give me the option to get rid of it.
I’m not expecting to get many paid subscribers, I mean that would be off-brand, wouldn’t it? Maybe enough so that I can treat myself to an overpriced Bubble Tea or two each month. Subscribing to the free newsletter will honestly mean the world to me because you’ll be supporting me in something that truly feeds my soul. Although you will be missing out on all the grit ;)
