Dear reader,
Just when I thought we couldn’t possibly have room to be on even one more platform, Substack happened and suddenly, I’m hooked. I’m so hooked, in fact, that I had trouble falling asleep last night because I coudnt’t stop thinking about this newsletter and the possibilities it holds.
We’ve been sharing our lives online for 8 years now, and after doing something for that many years, especially when it’s a creative job that constantly requires new ideas and pivots and changes, it feels good to get excited about a new endeavor. This newsletter feels like that new endeavor.
Why subscribe?
But what can you expect from it? Why should you follow us and subscribe to this thing anyway? Here’s what we will be posting on Okay McKay and what you will have access to as a paid subscriber:
-A new issue every Friday as we head into the weekend of things we’re loving, what’s going on in our life, never before seen photos, and thoughts from me (Thomas) about parenting, marriage, and life in general
-Exclusive Q&A’s where you can ask us anything and we’ll answer right on this platform
-Interviews from readers and some familiar faces, similar to our Feature Friday Series on our blog
-Detailed chronicles of our fitness journey with photos and anecdotes on how we’re feeling since taking our health more seriously
This platform feels different than the others. Somehow, the stakes seem higher, which in turn, makes it more fun. And because this newsletter will be for paid subscribers only, it feels more personal, like a direct conversation between you and us. We can share things on here that we can’t on some of the other platforms simply because it’ll be a smaller, more intimate audience. It feels kind of like getting back to the root of what made the internet so great and fun in the first place (before numbers and algorithms and statistics took over).
So I hope you’ll join us on this new project! I am setting a goal for this newsletter for one year. One year of posting on here and then after that, we’ll see where it goes. If all goes well, we’ll continue posting on it. That’s the thing! That’s what makes this so fun and exciting: the unknown. It feels like a big leap of faith that we can all just enjoy the process of. And the best part, it goes right into your inbox. Nothing has ever been easier, I’m sure of it.
Okay! That’s all for now. Thanks for reading the first post on Okay McKay, our brand new newsletter. xoxo