Quid-pro-quo
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Many years ago, I first heard the term — quid-pro-quo … explained to me as Latin for ‘something for something.’
My part, my something?
For years, I’ve shown up.
Daily.
Rain or shine, muse or no muse, there’s been a Musing.
Free. Open. Ongoing.
My first Musing column was published March 20, 2003; it was a comment on life and the world that day, a note to six friends and my daughter. One post became two, then three. Nobody stopped me. I haven’t missed a day since.
What started as a surprisingly easy habit-forming activity soon became a mission of sorts, to see if I could keep on doing it. I wanted to see if I could keep going, writing every day, to do it for a year. While I was alone, I had mentorship and encouragement from Kathy and Frank, convincing me I could do it, and I could keep it up. They helped me keep going when I was wavering. They were right, I could do it …
The shift was something completely unexpected, a curious community of strangers became the many spokes on this wheel - a curious community, an extended family of readers. Some I’ve met, most I haven’t. But I know you’re there. You read, you respond, you forward, you restack. You show me, in quiet ways, that this matters.
So, may I ask something?
Your part, your something?
quid-pro-quo
It’s not charity, it’s not a gift - it’s an exchange …
A something for something, an exchange of value.
This work is joy.
It’s also work aside from the demands of my day job(s).
By reading, your continued reading, you are showing me you value the work, but the work is not a zero-value commodity, is it?
As an encouragement for my readers to take that step, I’ve decided to give you a nudge, some incentive to do it today!
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What this means is obvious to me, but might not be obvious to you. I’m grateful for the readership of everyone, and I’m both honoured and grateful to those readers who’ve shown me their kindness, appreciation and support as paid subscribers - I appreciate you all.
You don’t get your newspaper, your coffee, or anything else for free, do you? So, if my writing gives you value every day, is it not fair and reasonable for you to pay?
To help that along, a one-day 50% discount is what I’m offering, an invitation for you to please meet me halfway… a quid-pro-quo … and I commit to continuing to deliver value every day, access to bonus postings available to paid subscribers.
Early mornings, quiet weekends, bleary late nights. I don’t do this for fame. I don’t fantasize about royalties or movie deals. But I do need to treat this as real, as worth work of value, because it is. And I hope you see it that way, too.
If Musings has become part of your day, please consider becoming a paid subscriber.
If you enjoy this publication, if you want to help me continue, please help. If you cannot afford to support this work, then please, use your click-point capacity to help me in other ways.
You could leave a comment:
That’s not hard. Tell me and other readers what you think, how you feel.
Or, click a like. Don’t do it to please me, do it because you enjoyed the column, do it because you think something is worthy.
Or, share it with a friend, tell someone about Musings, help me grow the audience or readers who want to get this column every day
Help comes in many forms. I welcome them all.
The writing will continue, paid or not.
But support tells me it’s worth more than just a passing glance.
It tells me to keep going, not just for me, but for you, too.
So: pick one. Or pick all.
And if you’re still reading, maybe ask yourself… why not now?
