about the subscription thing If you’ve spent any time on Substack, you know that the general deal is more money = more access. Subscribers might get additional emails or the ability to interact with the community in the comments section or be invited to special events with the writer. While I don’t begrudge anyone who is insisting on getting paid for their labor – I’m very pro that, actually – the have-money-get-more dynamic doesn’t work for me or my values. In fact, my least favorite thing about coaching has long been that it’s an advantage afforded almost exclusively by already-advantaged people. It’s why I have several layers of pricing and invite new clients to tell me what would be the right level of investment for them. Death + Stuff is about this, too, because my definition of a Life Well Lived includes offering the unique mirror that is coaching to as many people as possible. So! If you choose a free subscription, cool! Welcome! Thank you for subscribing! I hope you’ll forward along any emails that move you to people you think will also be moved! If you choose a paid subscription of whatever level, cool! Welcome! Thank you for subscribing! Your subscription moneys are going into a scholarship fund, the details of which I’m still nailing down but will look something like: - Scholarships will be awarded on a quarterly basis
- Applications will be vetted by a team of at least three people who have a diversity of backgrounds
- Scholarship winners will receive 6 coaching sessions to use over 3 months (unless some life thing says that just won’t work)
- I’ll be charging the scholarship fund a lower rate than my “income stable” bracket: $125/session, a sort of matching program
My next steps are to finalize my application-vetting team and, with their help, get the application live before the end of May. | 
