A Direct Ask

The writing doesn’t happen for free. Here’s what it actually costs.

I want to be straightforward with you.

The Economics of Survival exists because I write it. And I write it because this work matters to me, even on the days when it costs more than I have. Essays like “The Debt Came Due” don’t come from a good morning at a desk. They come from weeks of dictating into a phone at 3am because the pain made sleep impossible, like it is right now, then editing in short windows when the brain fog lifts enough to work.

Nine of you are already paid subscribers. That means something concrete to me, not just as appreciation, but as evidence that this writing is worth sustaining.

I’m asking the rest of you to consider joining them.

A paid subscription is $8 a month or $60 a year. If you want to do more, a Founding Member subscription is $150 a year. What it funds is simple: the time and energy to keep writing the Economics of Survival series, to keep showing up on Bluesky, and to keep making work that takes chronic illness seriously as a subject without flinching or performing hope for your comfort.

No bonus content. No exclusive perks. Just the work, made sustainable.

If you’ve been reading and finding something here worth keeping, this is how you say so.

Thank you for considering this. Thank you even more for reading. It means more than I can account for.