The Power of your First Reader

The unseen light that sparks it all

After I had moved my website to its current location, I set up a newsletter.

Of course, I didn't write it, I had no readers!

All I did was upload my old articles that I deemed worthy from my old site. The new site had a newsletter function, and I didn't think anything of it.

And then it happened.

In a conversation I mentioned that I had written about the topic and one thing led to another, and somehow I had my first subscriber!

I had my first reader. My first follower.

Then panic set in.

The Role of my first Reader

Now that there was someone that cared, I had to write my newsletter.

And so I did.

It even got opened, read, a link was clicked.

That was the start.

The spark my first reader lit, still keeps me accountable today. It grew into a flame. Now I write every day. I found my passion.

From Solitary to Movement

When I think about that first reader, it reminds me of the clip below.

I invite you to watch it, even if you already know it. Think about how it translat…