2024: Your favorite issues
📚 Finding your purpose, how to build customer loyalty, a magical musical moment with Tracy Chapman and more from this year + Community maps
We’ve made it to the last weekend of the year.
Depending on your personal and professional reality, you may be offline, enjoying time with family and friends. Perhaps you’re playing in the snow or on a ski holiday? Or maybe you’ve escaped to St. Somewhere to get some sunshine and warmth during these short winter days?
Or maybe you’re working — retail, essential services, or simply trying to get caught up before year-end.
Whatever your reality, I’m glad you’re here. Thank you for your interest, engagement and support this year. I appreciate you.
Your favorite issues
Today we are looking back at some of your favorite issues from this year. If you missed any, I encourage you to save this issue and explore them when you have time.
If you have joined us more recently, this is a great introduction to the breadth of topics I write about on
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Here are the ten most popular issues from 2024 (in descending order):
A few learnings and observations from my first year on Substack
This week we are focused on sharing some of our learnings about Substack with the goal of helping others. More regular programming will return next week.
Explore more in Discoveries.
Leaning into what has our attention
The rain is really coming down today. There is much to do — and yet I just want to curl up in a comfortable chair under a warm wool blanket with a cup of hot tea. Do you ever have days like that?
Explore more in Creativity.
One memorable coffee meeting
Last year, about this time, I agreed to meet someone for coffee. We had never met but knew a few people in common and it was suggested we should meet. We exchanged a few emails and the appointment made it onto my calendar.
Explore more in Community.
How to build customer loyalty
Hello, I hope your week is going well. I believe we can all learn from one another and it is for that reason I’m dedicating this issue to an experience I had with Garmin this week.
Explore more in Business.
People may surprise you
This week we focus on patience and giving people an opportunity to surprise. If you’re not yet a subscriber, you may become one here:
Explore more in Media.
Can in-flight coffee taste good? ✈️
Hello! Today we share the results of our recent reader survey and highlight an effort to improve the taste of in-flight coffee. Let’s dive in.
Explore more in Better.
Media matters
Today’s issue is longer than usual. If you don’t have time to read it right now, save it for when you do. I think it’s an important topic.
Explore more in Technology.
Find your purpose
For the last two weeks, we’ve focused on a simple exercise to check in and calibrate our lives. If you haven’t had an opportunity to do it yet, here it is once more:
Explore more in Community.
Check in: How well are you doing across all roles in your life?
How are you doing? No, really, how are you doing? Are you showing up the way you want to in all aspects of your life? Are you taking care of yourself the way you want to (getting enough sleep, activity, and nourishment)?
Explore more in Personal Development.
Toronto: a love letter🍁
Have you been to Toronto? If you have, you may be able to relate to what I’m about to share. And if you haven’t, you just might want to add it to your list.
Explore more in Built Environment.
There you have it: this year’s ten most popular issues.
What has been your favorite issue this year? Is there one that really resonated with you? I’d love to know. Send me an email, message me or share a comment below.
(I’d also enjoy hearing what you’re interested in learning more about in 2025.)
Community
Here is where our readership and community is from as 2024 draws to a close:
I’m excited
is now read in Denmark.The majority of our subscribers are based in the United States (57%) and here is a breakdown of our US subscribers by state:
I’m grateful for each and every one of you that has chosen to subscribe to
. Thank you.(And if you have any family or friends in the grey states or countries above that you think would enjoy reading
, please consider sharing — we want to be inclusive in 2025.)
I hope your 2024 has been a good year. May the new year be your best yet! Happy New Year!
Be well,
-Bryce