By the numbers

Last newsletter of 2021, and a few answers. Also, because I can't stop: 7 other things worth your time.

Welcome to the last daily newsletter of 2021! I’m looking forward to a break until the New Year. But at the same time… at this point, maybe I’m addicted to writing it?

Anyway, I get a LOT of questions regarding “how the newsletter is going?”

How many subscribers do you have? Are you making any money? What do you plan to do with this whole thing?

Sometimes it’s readers who are asking, sometimes it’s other people who are starting newsletters and want advice. And, I tend to overthink how to reply.

So, today, to end the year: No more overthinking. I’m just going to explain where things stand, what we’ve accomplished, and some of what I hope to do during 2022 (and some of the challenges ahead).

Most of this is going to be about the operations and statistics, rather than say, “specific things I want to write about next year.” That could be a whole other discussion in 2022. Also, in the interest of making it move a bit faster, we’ll do it all by the numbers.

(Feedback and advice are both welcome—…