Ané Wilder
An armchair beside a cottage window with a folded knitted blanket

I'm Starting Again

A place for new beginnings.

So this is the beginning. It looks smaller than you expected.

Nobody hands you a map for the part after the ending. You make it up as you go, and you get some of it wrong, and you keep going anyway. That counts as starting again.

Ané Wilder sitting sideways on a chair beside a window with a guitar across her knee

Songs for this chapter

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01 We Can Start Again Out now
02 From Ashes to Wings Out now
03 Took the Long Way Home Not yet released

Letters

Written for the middle of it, not the end.

Latest letter

You Are Not Behind

There is no schedule. There was never a schedule.

Journal prompt

What is one thing I get to choose now that I couldn't before?

There is no online journal here and nothing is stored — write it wherever you keep things, or don't write it at all.

Reflection

Beginnings are untidy. You are allowed to begin before you feel ready, before the paperwork is finished, before you have a plan you can explain to anyone else.

An acoustic guitar leaning against a wall beside a bright window

Playlist

Listening for this chapter

Forward-leaning songs for the days you'd rather move than sit still.

No streaming playlist has been created for this chapter yet. When one exists it will be linked here.

You are not alone.

The Porch is where the conversation happens. Come in and sit down.

Ané Wilder walking away down a farmhouse passage toward a bright open door