Hello and thank you for being here!!

Hey everyone, I hope you all are doing well. My name is Harneek and this is my first substack post. You are probably receiving this in your inbox as you are in my list of subscribers. I created my substack account this year around June and have been writing some notes on my account. I don’t know why writing notes felt easier to me than writing a post here. May be, I was too scared to take space in somebody’s inbox.

I have been looking at all the excuses for not writing a post here to deal with my fear but I am doing it tonight. One of my excuse was that I haven’t decided on the name of my publication but then I read somewhere that I can always change it later. I have few names in my mind like ‘an ode to my emotions’ or ‘serendipity’. But not sure completely as I want it to be completely aligned with myself and my goal of writing. May be I will keep thinking or may be overthinking about it until a name makes sense to my soul :)

A little bit about myself. My name is Harneek. I am a woman in my 30’s on a journey to know, accept and love myself through it all. I have been through some major shifts in my life in last few years which has triggered this healing journey. I started writing poems on my instagram account to embrace some of my heavy emotions in my journey. You can follow me on instagram if you would like to read my poems.

I have been following some of my favorite writers on substack already so one fine day I got brave and clicked on start writing button at the end on one of my favorite writer’s newsletter. Writing has always been a form of self-care for me. As soon as I write a problem on a piece of paper, I can think of it’s solutions quickly. I have doing journaling from my school days. Filled few of the diaries in my life, addressing them as dear diary and talking about anything and everything to it. In my latest poem on my instagram account, I have talked about the reasons of my writing now which goes like this:

Why do I write?

I write to acknowledge my feelings

I write to honour my emotions and sensitivities

I write to be present in this moment 

I write to believe in my dreams

I write to create my reality 

I write to embrace my humanness

I write to let go what doesn’t serve me

I write to forgive myself and others

I write to give space to my grief as much it needs 

I write to offer my prayers to God

I write to express gratitude to universe

I write to know myself and others

I write to share a story getting created inside me!!

That’s how we landed here. I will be doing a weekly-ish newsletter to talk about the experiences in my journey.

If you are a subscriber already, I would like to thank you for being here as it means alot to me. If you are not and anything written above resonates with you and you would like to read me more, please subscribe me.

Lots of love and healing,

Harneek!