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21/12/2025

Week 4 of is here
with brand new prompts in this week's newsletter.

It’s an ode to logging off, reading real books, watching movies without scrolling and remembering what it feels like to actually be with your life.

I’ve also shared the Best of Week 3 round-up (all answers anonymous, always) and honestly… your words were tender, funny, angry, wise and deeply human. If you need proof that you’re not alone in how this year has felt, go have a read.

Next week will be our final stretch of the challenge - gentle prompts to help you close out the year in your own way, without pressure or forced cheer.

If you’re still journalling along quietly, I see you.
If you’ve dipped in and out, that counts.
If you’re mostly just surviving December - same.

Newsletter link in bio. Sign up for free.
Daily prompts still going up in my Stories every morning.

14/12/2025

December is a complicated month for many of us.
Some people are on leave, counting down joyfully.
Others are counting down just to get through it.
Some love this time of year. Some really don’t.
All of it is allowed.

This challenge isn’t here to force cheer or tidy endings - it’s here to give you somewhere to put what’s real. Even if that’s one sentence. Even if that’s nothing today.

Daily prompts are still going up in my Stories (anonymous replies always welcome).
I’m right here with you if you’re working, resting, opting out or somewhere in between.

Here’s hoping the second half of December is gentler than the first.

07/12/2025

We survived the first week of December but here we are, journalling our way through the chaos like soft little warriors with stationery addictions.

Huge thank you to everyone who sent in their Week 1 reflections & answered the daily Story prompts. You were honest, hilarious, vulnerable and SO relatable. And yes, the “Best of Week 1” roundup is up (all answers are completely anonymous - see my previous post), so feel free to vent freely about colleagues, family members or strangers who nearly ran you over with their trolley.

This challenge is here to help you breathe a little deeper during an intense time of year.
No pressure.
No guilt.
No catching up required.

Just you, your journal and five minutes that belong to you.

Week 2 prompts are in your inbox but only if you are a subscriber (which is FREE - link in my bio).
Let’s keep going.

07/12/2025

Week 1 of absolutely delivered.
You all showed up in my Substack, my inbox and my daily Stories with the most heartfelt, honest, chaotic, beautiful reflections and yes, one of you even said you want to leave “my entire life” behind in 2025. (Relatable! 😂 😶)

From big releases to tiny breakthroughs, from “I surprised myself by surviving” to “I shocked myself by thriving,” you turned this first week into a whole collective exhale. I’m genuinely obsessed with how brave, funny and honest you all are.

Week 2 drops tonight and it’s a LOT more uplifting ( because you deserve nice things).
If you want to join in, you can answer each day’s prompt anonymously through my daily Stories. No overthinking, no pressure, just you & a tiny moment of honesty.

Let’s keep writing our way toward a softer, wiser 2026. ✨
Stay tuned for tonight’s prompts & sign up via the link in my bio if you haven't yet - it's absolutely FREE…

05/12/2025

Need some support this festive season? 💛✍️

Come join a community of people slowing down, reflecting and writing their way into the new year.

Week 1 of is almost done but you can join whenever.

Check out the daily prompts on my Stories or sign up for free via Substack. All responses are anonymous. Link is in my bio.

30/11/2025

Week One prompts for are officially OUT! 🎉
We start tomorrow. Or today. Or next week. Or in January. Honestly… you choose. This is the most low-pressure challenge on the internet.

If you signed up this weekend - hi and welcome - if we haven't met yet, I'm Amy.
If you haven’t signed up yet - the link is in my bio and my inner grinch is begging you to join us before December chaos eats us all alive.

You’ll get weekly prompts every Sunday, daily questions/prompts in my stories and a cosy community of people who are ALSO trying to survive December without crying in a grocery-store aisle.

Do as many or as few as you like.
Share anonymously if you want.
Screenshot, save, ignore, return later - it all counts.

Come write your year with us.
We start… whenever you’re ready.

26/11/2025

If you’re craving a little peace before the chaos of the festive season… this is for you.

Need some extra emotional support but your therapist is already on leave?
Feel like you want to escape but can’t afford to get away?
Just want a gentle place to land, breathe and reset?

✨ begins December 1st!

You’ll get weekly journalling prompts to help you reflect, release and rewrite the way you enter the new year.

It’s completely free on Substack or you can join the weekly paid Zoom group if you want accountability, community and a soft space to vent.

Your year doesn’t start in January.
It starts the moment you pick up a pen.

Join us by signing up got free. Link in image above or bio.

23/11/2025

If the festive season already has you rehearsing your "I'm fine, really" face... this week's newsletter is for you.

The Myth of the Perfect Festive Season is a love letter to everyone who's tired, overwhelmed, overstimulated and quietly plotting their escape from "just one more family gathering".

In this week's letter you'll find:
- Why the holiday season is emotionally chaotic
- How to take the pressure OFF
- 3 brand new journaling prompts
- an invite to my free journaling challenge starting December 1st.

This year we're doing December softly.
Come join us. Find the link in my bio.

16/11/2025

As the end of the year approaches, if you're feeling a bit overwhelmed, overstretched or simply tired - you're in good company.

I'm bringing back the journaling challenge - a free and gentle way to reflect on 2025 and find calm in the festive season.

This year, it's simpler and softer:
🎁Weekly prompts instead of daily
🎁No Pressure to share
🎁Yours to keep forever and work at your own pace

There's also an optional paid Zoom circle where we meet weekly to journal, reflect and support one another through the busiest time of the year.

The free challenge starts December 1st which you can sign up to just by being a Substack subscriber.

This week's Sunday Substack newsletter is out now. Sign up for free via the link in my bio.

13/11/2025

Dear South Africa...

I love you but I’m tired. Tired of crossing the street. Tired of looking over my shoulder. Tired of being too scared to drive at night and pretending I’m brave when I’m just careful.

On 21 November, I’ll wear black for every woman who didn’t get the chance to grow old. I’ll pause for 15 minutes at noon. I’ll change my profile picture to purple, not for attention, but to remind us all that change begins in small acts of courage.

I don’t want to live in fear. I want to live in a country where being a woman doesn’t mean being a survivor.

Until then, I will not be silent except for those 15 minutes, when silence will speak for all of us.

Don't look away. Don't pretend you didn't know. Change starts with us.

09/11/2025

Week 10 of my Substack series is finally here! 🎉

Ten weeks of lists, quiet breakdowns, dark humour, soft resilience and that strange feeling of being held by the people who read your words every Sunday.

Writing this series saved me this year - the invisible deadline, the ritual, the showing up even when I had nothing to say.
If you've been reading, replying or silently opening these newsletters in bed - thank you. You've been part of my Sunday survival routine more than you know.

This week is the wrap-up - a little "best of", the final 10 reasons, journalling prompts and more.

If you resonate with anything I've written over the last 10 weeks, I'd love to hear what stayed with you.

02/11/2025

Shops are already blasting Mariah, traffic is a personality test and every conversation starts with "We must catch up before the holidays!" (No, we don't have to).

This week's newsletter is all about coping with the festive chaos - one sarcastic list and self aware sigh at a time.

Because sometimes the only way to stay sane in the silly season is to laugh about how much we're not.

Read it on Substack: link in the image provided.

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