Earlier this month, I announced on LinkedIn that I’d terminated all my other personal accounts on X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Reddit, and TikTok. Funny enough, I didn’t anticipate the flood of private messages that would follow—thank you notes for my honesty and even some praise for my “bravery”. It might seem odd that leaving a social network could spark such a response.

I’ve been watching Substack explode. The publishing platform everyone’s talking about. And it’s easy to see why. There’s a ton of great writing on a wealth of topics, from styling tips to deep political analysis. It’s beautifully laid out.