Dear Úna

I’m going to be a Dad. Come New Year’s Eve (or there abouts) a tiny new addition will be welcomed into our lives. If you’ve followed Everything is Cake for any length of time you’ll know that so much of it has been me screaming into the void. The sense of injustice in the world has driven me to heartbreak time and time again and I can’t keep going down the same path. I have felt, for a while, that something needed to change and that my focus should be shifted inward instead of out at a crumbling world. I will be changing the name of this Substack to ‘Dear Úna’ and archiving all previous posts. After deliberating I have to decided to write to one person, a beautiful life that knows nothing but is to discover everything. I want to let go of seeking outside validation and instead write to my daughter, sharing the insights and observations of my world so that, when she’s older, she can draw on them not as instructions to follow, but as a light to help her find her own path. Selfishly I want to do this for me as writing has become a kind of compass, despite most of the time being fuelled by anger, getting words down on a page has helped me find direction and make sense of things.

I also want to not be afraid of change. The idea of infinite economic growth that we’re fed keeps us stagnant in all other aspects of life. I want my daughter to know that life is about trying, not necessarily succeeding or becoming the best, but the sense of wonder and self understanding that comes with shifting your perspective and learning new things.

Thank you for those who have read Everything is Cake over the last couple of years. I hope my frustration has helped your frustration. I aim to tell the truth to my daughter so the new subject matter will, at times, cross paths with the old, I just want it to come from a place of love this time around.

I can’t be certain that it will come regularly as it’s more of an 18+ year project.

Appreciate you,

Kris