Stay Curious but farewell to this newsletter
When things aren't working well, it's time to adjust
It is approaching summer here in Australia and the end of a very long, difficult year. In particular, I’ve recently had some quite devastating changes in my life and I am unable to fully process all of it, and this comes on the end of about two and a half difficult years. I burned out in January of this year, and while I have made some improvements, I am still in a challenging space emotionally.
So I have decided to end Be Curious as a newsletter - I have appreciated those of you who have read it and engaged with it, and I hope you’ll continue to engage with my book reviews, which I will continue to post.
2026 is going to be one of further change and challenges. Of this I am certain. Most will be of my choosing but some will not. I am somewhat retreating from the world - outside of my book reviews (which I will try to remember to cross post to Instagram…I sometimes forget to do that), I won’t be online.
I am hoping to commence some postgraduate study in March (unless the dream job comes along in the meantime) and I want to be focussed on that, on reading and creative projects, and my family and friends. I do not want to be lonely! However, while I work through some challenges, including the formal ADHD assessments which I have commenced, I am very sensitive that I do not want offend or hurt anyone while I am not at my best (and sadly, I think that has happened recently, unintentionally and without knowing how I did so) as the impact on others is significant and has been recently catastrophic. I don’t want that for any of us, espcially those I care for deeply.
So while I am not going to write newsletters, I will still post my reviews and I might even expand those to the odd film or series I have enjoyed. I’m going to work on getting healthy and being the best version of myself, and start living my life according to what helps facilitate that Kass.
I will leave these newletters up for people to review, should they wish. I just wont be adding to them.
The warmth and kindness, the camaraderie and intellect of the book world is something I cherish. I certainly want to remain engaged with that, so stick around and say hello! As in all of life, we are stronger together.
May the road rise up to meet you.
With love,
I'll miss reading these, but you need to do what works for you.