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Oh how I have been waiting for a space to share my writings that is not on SOCIAL MEDIA!

Hi Community,

I’m Kim, and I’m so excited and nervous to be here in the Substack (writer world)

WORKING VS MOTHERHOOD?

Since I closed down the Yoga Tent Studio business, I have been overthinking how I want to stay connected to my community through motherhood.

One of the hardest decisions I have ever made was closing the Tent down after many up-and-down battles over the past seven years. Especially the most recent fight against Local Council to keep it open, but in the end, I am proud of the chapter I have created with the Tent. I know it is not truly the end for the Tent space. But I didn’t want to PUSH myself to work to avoid the stigma of being a “stay-at-home mom” as I am not a “housewife type”, and if I’m not going back to work, then what/who am I?

How do I define this new role of motherhood that will be full-time for me?

Motherhood has been an eye-opening experience in a new world I didn’t know about. The more I learnt and dropped into this whole world I felt so connected with all the knowledge there is to gain from parenting and how I/we can create new ways that sit outside the “traditional/normal” methods you see in our culture/social groups/ friends and even parents.

Now pregnant with our second child has been a whirlwind which will deep dive into a later article. But overall, it was wise to SLOW DOWN and embrace this new role and all it can teach me.

WHY START SOMETHING NEW NOW?

I thought of many ways of staying connected, and a huge part of me wants to create a YouTube channel, but the beautiful content I want to film, edit, and share with the limited time I have during the day isn’t possible for me right now.

I am not a writer, but I have much to share, and this platform felt like a safe space for me to share on finally. Based on what I have read from other writers on SubStacks, I feel like I can open that door.

I have always loved writing blogs and still own my first blog Hello Kiki which was all my travel photography and fashion style on the streets of Melbourne.

Writing for my business website always felt very limited and structured only to be “business” related, and even though I have created businesses, they have all felt so close and personal to me. I don’t know how a Yoga Tent Studio in your backyard can’t be personal!!! When everyone is always coming over to my house daily!!!! LOL

Care More Community business has a deep meaning with many layers beyond just yoga and the planet, which I want to share here as I feel this space has more room for me to express the intention behind the brand name.

I have many passions to share, and I don’t want to feel limited by anything. I am constantly learning, growing and expanding my awareness daily, and I’d love to inspire you to do this so you can feel the joy and energy I do when I’m not trapped in fear of writing about it.

I’M OVER SOCIAL MEDIA

Social media was a great space for photography, then videos and now second clips of reels which is hard to keep up with. I would write long captions and never publish them because I run out of room or feel no one even bothers to read the caption and would keep scrolling.

Is anyone else over social media?

It’s fun, don’t get me wrong but it kills a lot of time, which sucks when we all complain about not have enough time or are tired parents???

I have honestly been waiting for a space like this to be created!!!

I have SO MANY journaled notes waiting to be published, just sitting in draft form as I wanted to share them with my community, but it never felt right to put them out there.

People don’t have time to READ anymore!?! What’s up with that?

This is what I thought over and over again, and I asked my community, and they liked videos more as it’s easy to consume… GREAT I THOUGHT, but then not so great at making VIDEOS as FEAR kicks in, and I get overwhelmed, distracted, and I’m over it.

The content I wanted to share was deeply personal, and I wanted it to be shared with my like-minded community that would listen, support and just get me vs like and scroll on.

Don’t get me wrong, I love creating a good reel of photos or video clips and still will share on socials; I don’t want to feel pressure to create content the way the platform wants me to create it with the latest trend.

I have now accepted that this motherhood journey of mine will be years of my time, and I feel honoured to be able to stay home with my children to provide love and care. However, the maiden in me still ticks away at thoughts or wild ideas of sharing and creating content that needs a space to EXPRESS herself.

I’m not a writer, but I love to write

Substacks I connected with as it felt like blogging, and I loved writing for my blog many years ago. It gave me a space to be heard, “A Voice” that I had felt dampened for years due to my childhood trauma, which I’ll share later in an article.

Journaling has always been a form of therapy for me for years. It is my go-to healing method to release all my emotions, something I’d like to write about later.

Also, I am trying to fall in love with reading… I have always felt like I was a bad reader at school, embarrassed to read out loud, and ever since then, I stopped reading, which is a shame because I love books.

Substack is an app for people to come and read articles they WANT to read vs getting distracted on social media. I usually read my favourite writers’ newsletters with a cup of cacao. I love having the option to support a writer by becoming a paid subscriber to my favourites, as I know the effort it takes to write content and share openly.

Be Part Of The Community (Free Subscribers)

My intention for writing a subscription is to create an online community with my current tribe to stay connected and discover new like-minded people online I have never reached out to connect with.

I want to be clear that all this will probably be more raw and real than I have ever shared before, as I am better with writing words than I am in front of a camera on socials hence why I love being a photographer behind the camera.

The desire within me to share these stories with you all has been banked for YEARS, and whether you read as a FREE or PAID subscriber, I DO NOT CARE as I am just so HAPPY you are opening this article and READING!

The only way to get over a fear is to face it, and this is my method of facing it and FINALLY opening up another layer of myself to you all with the hope of inspiring you to CARE MORE about yourself in the end.

I want this space to inspire you (and SURPRISE myself) to learn, grow, UNLEARN or REDISCOVER yourself. Through my personal shares, I hope you will find joy, healing and peace on your journey to CARING MORE about YOU!

Note: I aim to share as much free content with all subscribers weekly until the birth of baby 2. I will then go into nesting mode for a month or so. But I hope to schedule some posts during this time. As I stated above, many draft posts are waiting to be shared.

Inner Circle (Paid Subscribers)

I am honestly so excited to be able to be more open-hearted and vulnerable to share this written version of Kim with you. She has wanted to have space to spread her wings for YEARS, and I will admit here that I have been holding back. Not anymore I am here to inspire you to live your best life just as I have, so join me on this journey as a paid subscriber, and you will witness her taking flight!

As this is my first article, I’m offering all my paid subscribers 20% FOREVER on annual plans. For a limited time only

• Access to full articles I post weekly

• Access to comment and discuss articles with me

• More personal, heartfelt stories of my lifestyle

• My Eco Living Imperfect Lifestyle Series

• Behind The Scenes look at my mama-hood journey

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Let’s learn together how to CARE MORE about what matters to us deeply within our hearts to thrive in life.

Love Kim