Why Certain Thoughts?

I am deeply grateful for every moment you spend reading Certain Thoughts. Attention is our most precious resource, so your focus here truly means the world to me. This is a labor of love, but your financial support motivates me to keep writing and aim higher. Here are the top eight reasons to invest in a premium subscription to Certain Thoughts:

• You’ll access the full archive. Free subscribers get everything from the past six months, but all content prior to that is paywalled on a rolling basis. Treat yourself to the full archive.

• You nourish the Substack ecosystem. I spend a significant portion of Substack income on other writers’ subscriptions. You fund me, I fund them, everybody wins.

• You’ll help me level up on Substack. I cherish hospitality work and don’t wish to stop, but if I could do it a little less I would publish here more frequently while developing new Substack publication concepts. (Stay tuned!) Your support makes it all possible.

• You’ll take more from Certain Thoughts. By investing financially, you are much more likely to appreciate, read, share, listen to, and give away content you bought.

• You believe in Substack as a social network. I’m all in on Substack. From the social to the professional to the cultural, I could not be more excited about the impact and the prospects of this platform. They get a small cut of your paid subscription, as they should.

• You believe in accessibility and the power of the human voice. I record audio versions of almost all of my posts, so you can enjoy them any time, any where. No AI, no text-only. Just my voice, with a little musical flair.

• You’ll underwrite my investments in new writers and contributors. In addition to my own work, I support, collaborate with, and amplify new and aspiring writers. You can help me do it.

• It just feels good. Consider it retail therapy. It feels great to buy things, and with a recurring monthly subscription you’re buying yourself a little treat every month.

Everyone who participates in the creative exercise of this publication is a part of something deeply important and rewarding to me, so I want to thank you for tuning into Certain Thoughts!