Imposter Syndrome Identity Crisis
Rainy Daze Cafe is now Yesterthings Press
This nugget of wisdom from my Chani reading for the week dropped in my lap and it quite literally, stopped me in my tracks:
“Where are we focusing? What are we eliminating?
Cut down the distractions and do this one thing.” — Chani
It’s got me thinking about where I am now creatively (as well as where I am not, and where I want to and don’t want to be) and looking at myself and my art in a new way. I’ve had this name floating around in my head for a while, Yesterthings, but I always felt like I wasn’t cool enough or knowledgable enough or whatever enough to use it.
Well, dang it. I am using it now.
When I started this substack, I wanted to chase the vibes I had when I blogged way back in the early 2000s but I felt like I didnt have a lot to say. Then I left my corporate job and became a barista so I would have more whimsy and less drives home in tears. While I do feel like I’ve started to find my voice in the Rainy Daze Cafe, the person I thought I was isn’t really who I think I am now and I really don’t want to write about leaving a corporate job — I mean I do, but not as like, the main topic of my viewpoint or narrative.
Today, I feel like I am finding my footing and that a lot of my life lately is centered around breaking free from the social norms, chasing nostalgia and physical media, using a “dumb phone” and healing the Y2K teen within. So, of course, every identity crisis deserves a makeover, which is where this whole post is leading us to… the revamp of my substack.
Welcome to Yesterthings Press!
My hope for the future of this space is to bring some of that less polished, raw, livejournal - slash - google blogger vibe back to the internet. I am trying to live my life without filters and think that sharing posts here about real life may be fun (maybe even inspiring) for others too. So, with that, thanks for tagging along and hopefully you enjoy the ride from here on out :)