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lauren deborah | they/she 🌈🐆's avatar

"It’s nice to be back." This resonated in so many ways, friend!

Your words let me feel how nice it felt for you to be to be back -- I felt it all through this piece. It allowed me to feel so grateful you are back, AKA "It's nice to have you back." And it stirred something in me, too. Something I need to follow. (Is it excitement? Maybe!)

Thank you for the gift of your return 🧡🧡🧡

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Matt Trinetti's avatar

thanks friend! Really appreciate that. (it is, listen to it!!)

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N. M. Scuri's avatar

Thank you for this, Matt. Morning pages, and Writer's Hour, has helped me through difficult times and let me uncover a trove of discoveries to surprise and delight. I look forward to more.

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Matt Trinetti's avatar

So happy to hear that, NM. Hope to see you in the room again soon!

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Lindsey Trout Hughes's avatar

Oh, my friend, this post is a gift—a reminder that writing is both compass and map, that excitement is a worthy guide, and that returning to ourselves is always possible.

I can’t wait to read what unfolds. No insistence on the outcome, just the deep pleasure of watching you create. Welcome back.

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Matt Trinetti's avatar

Thank you Lindsey ❤️ Thanks for helping me get this across the line. Grateful for your support, as always.

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Kathy R's avatar

I'm glad you're back, Matt! Looking forward to hearing more about how you're creating your life/home/creative space. It's been one of the most satisfying journeys for me - creating a sanctuary that's truly mine in midlife. It's a transformative process... Kathy R (LWS, Athena Wellness)

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Matt Trinetti's avatar

Thanks Kathy! I'm loving it too. Hope to see you at Writers' Hour again soon :)

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Katerina's avatar

Love this!

Happy to see you here on the Stack!!

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Archana Ambily's avatar

Great to see you writing again Matt. I am finding the longer I leave it with my Substack, the harder it is to come back to it. So your post is timely. Also.. I wonder if the collective intrigue behind Bashar is the hope there is a higher intelligence out there that may shine a light for us on this crazy planet run by ever crazier people.

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Matt Trinetti's avatar

Thank you Archana, hope it was helpful! Thanks so much for reading.

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Emma Winterschladen's avatar

Ahhh dear Matt. So happy this popped up on my substack feed just at the moment I had a pocketful of enough moments to read it. Love your writing - looking forward to reading more of it. And that quote from The Alien!! Stirring indeed…off to go find ‘em on insta now 👽

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Matt Trinetti's avatar

aw, thank you Emma... will send you a reel over Insta 🤓

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Emma Parsons's avatar

What a beautiful uplifting piece, Matt. Although I only know you through your wonderful work with LWS and didn’t know you in this, your erstwhile writing space, I’m glad you’re back!

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Matt Trinetti's avatar

Thanks for the kind words, Emma, really appreciate it!

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Rawad Raidan's avatar

Thank you, Matt, I really enjoyed reading this. It resonates with me on several levels.

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Jodi Hausen's avatar

After writing with you and the LWS community for so many years, it's lovely to read your work again, Matt. I loved reading this. Welcome back!

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Kayla Stearns's avatar

How lovely! I moved from a metro area back to my hometown (pop. 245) in the midwest. It is interesting to see a place you know so well with older, more experienced eyes. It is the little things that I took advantage of as a kid that stick out to me the most now :)

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Kayla Stearns's avatar

How lovely! I moved from a metro area back to my hometown (pop. 245) in the midwest. It is interesting to see a place you know so well with older, more experienced eyes. It is the little things that I took advantage of as a kid that stick out to me the most now :)

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MikeOzzie's avatar

So great to see a new post by you! Thanks for sharing!!

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Matt Trinetti's avatar

Mike! Great to see your name pop up here. Thanks for your encouragement, now and over the years.

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Francesca Specter's avatar

Aw this moved me, Matt! Your writing is wonderful – and it's wonderful to read it.

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Matt Trinetti's avatar

Francesca, that means so much. Thank you for reading!

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Nicole Janz's avatar

As a writer's coach, I can definitely relate "I’ve been running a writing community for five years but not really writing." I needed to sign up for an MA in Creative Writing to force writing time into my life alongside the business. LOVE that you're coming home to yourself (literally and metaphorically).

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Drew's avatar

Great to see you back in my inbox!

I forget - what was the Tim Ferriss shoutout? I remember just talking about it like you had officialyl made it now, but I don't remember the context

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Matt Trinetti's avatar

thanks man. Appreciate it. OG subscriber! Tim shared one of my blog posts over Twitter back in 2017, truly did feel like I 'made it'

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