Real people submit what they’re carrying. Joey helps make sense of it.
Stay You is a new publication by Joey Kidney. Every week, people anonymously submit stories, questions, situations, and feelings they can’t quite explain. Joey chooses a handful and responds with perspective, not advice.
The hardest part isn’t that everyone else is ahead.
The hardest part is that you thought life was supposed to happen in order.
Most of the time, you already know what happened. You just don’t know why it hurts so much. Stay You is for the sentence you couldn’t find.
A thought, a breakup, a friendship thing, a life spiral, or a feeling that doesn’t make sense yet.
Each week, a handful of anonymous submissions are turned into honest, human perspective.
Even when it isn’t your story, somehow it can still feel like it was written for you.
“The hardest part isn’t missing them.
The hardest part is missing who you got to be when you were loved by them.”
Read the first responses on Substack, or send in something you’re carrying through the anonymous submission box.