I have 15 subscribers.
Most of them know me in the real world. So this is not a masterclass on growth. I don’t have hacks to share. I can’t show you how to make $10,531 in a month or turn Substack Posts into a car payment.
But I can offer an observation from an Unpaid Observer.
For years, I argued with strangers about politics.
I had about 1,540 followers on X.
Hardly a political force.
More importantly, it trained my brain to react all day. I spent time crafting rebuttals to people I don’t know and will never know.
I knew it wasn’t productive.
It was just a habit. A bad one.
In 2026, I repurposed that account. I stopped arguing. Not because I “won.” Not because the world improved. I just grew weary of pouring creative energy into people I’ll never meet.
I launched this Substack because long-form doesn’t really work on X unless the algorithm blesses you. I also wanted space to think. Writing has always helped me do that.
Something unexpected happened. When I stopped arguing, I began to hear my o…
