Update: NPNR has a pulse
After 15 months, an update.
Friends,
It’s been some time. NPNR has been silent since October 2023. If you’ve been waiting patiently for it to return to your inbox, my apologies. I have two toddlers and three brain cells. I had to set something aside.
If this is your first time receiving NPNR, thank you for subscribing, and no, this is not typically what the newsletter looks like. Bear with me.
I’m not getting any less busy, but this newsletter/publication/whatever you want to call it, is a labor and project of love, and I will bring it back. That is, I’ll be resuming a regular publishing schedule soon.
There will be some changes, though.
NPNR was, originally, focused on money and financial topics. That’ll still be a part of it, but not the primary focus. The newsletter has gone through numerous iterations, and it’ll likely keep evolving. But going forward, I’m going to be writing about all sorts of topics, sharing the other things I’m writing and reporting on, and maybe letting you all in on some of the bigger projects I have cooking. It’ll be a mix of commentary, analysis, and original reporting.
Further, even though I’ve been on hiatus, more and more people keep subscribing — thank you for that. NPNR now has more than 1,100 subscribers, and I appreciate you all. A handful of you have even elected to pay for a subscription, which I had not previously offered, or entertained. But, given the commitment NPNR takes, I am going to add a new tier for those of you who want to pay for a subscription — you’ll get three newsletters per week, and some TBD extras. If you have ideas, let me know.
If you don’t want to join the paid tier, you won’t need to do anything at all. And it won’t hurt my feelings. You’ll continue to receive one newsletter per week, just as before.
Yes, this is annoying, and yet another thing that you’re being asked to spend money on. I get it. But again, if you don’t want to, don’t worry about it. But you will help support NPNR, me and my other projects, and ensure that I can continue to stock my freezer with spanakopita from Sam’s Club and my pantry loaded with Kraft Macaroni and Cheese for the kids. That’s more important than you’ll ever know.
The fact is, I’ve been writing the newsletter on and off for years, and with my time increasingly short, I need NPNR to generate a little bit of revenue.
We’ll see how that goes. As for pricing? I’m not sure. Nothing crazy. I’ll let you know. I can always work something out on a case-by-case basis, too, if need be.
As for when to expect things to kick into gear? I plan for NPNR to start republishing regularly later this month or early February. The new paid tier will likely come into play in early March.
But for now, that’s it—just a quick update. I hope you are all well. We’re in for quite a ride, and it’ll be nice to be able to try and make sense of it all together, don’t you think?
As always, you can reach me in the comments, or at sammbecker@gmail.com.
Sam