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cat's avatar

thanks for being here. this came at such a resonant time for me. i’m about to turn down a glitz and glam job, with people i love but don’t like to be around. i don’t want their life, and i don’t hold their values. i’m tired of goals i don’t want that make me feel hollow and bitter. i can’t pretend that i want them anymore, or that they’re good for me. it seems like a ridiculous choice to turn down, but i feel like me when i say no. i feel a certain warmth and opening, and i hope it goes further & further

happy belated birthday :)

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Frankie Simmons's avatar

wow thank you so much for sharing this!! That has to feel so risky and rebellious, but what a gorgeous act of faith in the world you want to build. Also rooting for that warmth and opening to expand and expand, and for all the most beautiful, authentic opportunities to rise to meet you in honor of this choice.

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Danielle Healy's avatar

This was exactly what I needed to hear as I fret over how much time I "waste" maintaining life that feels so trivial in the face of all the madness...a massive comfort.

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Frankie Simmons's avatar

Thanks so much for being here, Danielle!! I know you're not alone in that fretting, grateful to be finding a way forward alongside you.

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Snow and Pink Roses's avatar

Happy birthday! Thank you for the great article, which articulated something that so much of us feel, I think.

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Frankie Simmons's avatar

Thank you!! So glad you're here!

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Sushma Rathnakara's avatar

❤️

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cara cara's avatar

happy 29th! thank you for you and for this post. and for naming blind birders (i am one myself) <3

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Frankie Simmons's avatar

Thank you Cara!! Wishing a happy and fruitful spring migration season to all my fellow birders <3

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Dawn's avatar

This article delighted the hell out of me.

It comforted me, and it inspired me to keep finding the beauty in mundane tasks, connecting to the people around me -- as well as starting fun pursuits by just showing up.

You, my dear, are a goddamn genius, imo.

Happy Belated Birthday 🎈🎂!

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Frankie Simmons's avatar

Thank you so much Dawn!! Here's to all the mundane tasks and all the connections made, thrilled to be figuring it out together.

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rika's avatar

This was exactly what I needed today! Such a beautiful piece of writing. I'm so glad your Instagram account came on my feed last year. Your content helped me a lot! I always look forward to reading your pieces on substack. You helped me realise that my sensitivity is a strength. I appreciate you as a human being ❤️ thank you for everything that you do.

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lala thaddeus's avatar

What a wonderful piece. I’m so delighted every time I find another writer on substack writing about the possibility for an alternate life, one where we feel present and like we have enough. I’m coming up on a year of leaving my emails job and going back to the service industry and I’ve oddly never felt more fulfilled.

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cileme's avatar

this was exactly what I needed to read this morning, thank u

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Sarah's avatar

just what I needed today 🌺 tysm Frankie! x

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Col's avatar

Feeling so much love and grief for Cass as I stumble across this old post today, a couple days after the anniversary of her passing. I think you sharing this song on your story on instagram was actually one of the things that led me deeper into her music!

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