Changes Coming to Substack

+ NEW OFFERING!

“Start now, perfect later”is the quote that keeps playing in the background as I type this. January marks 5 months since I took a chance and launched this thing. Since then I am happy to share that this is the 40th published post and that there are now 232 subscribers, 30 of whom are paid ( we are really doing this people)!!

I have learned so much in these last couple of months about who I am as a writer and hope to keep learning more about you so that I can keep perfecting Desahogaté. Here’s what I learned and what you can expect in 2026:

Sections

Being a multi-faceted creator is amazing, I get to share my thoughts and reflections, my beauty and wellness tips, as well as the career insights I have learned as an HR professional. For some, this is a great offering, your beauty influencer is also your career coach! For others, they prefer to engage with me on only one level. That being said, there will now be a total of three opt-in options as a subset of Desahogaté.

1. Beauty & Wellness: These posts will be authored by my alter-ego and internet personality, “Fabulousvia”. Here you can expect posts like How I Stay Hot, and 2025 Beauty Wrapped.

2. Career: This content will draw from the time I had my own consultancy, “HRHelpVia” where I will share career advice as an HR professional. You can find posts like: If You’ve Been Laid Off, and How to Write a Resume. Important to note that ALL HrHelpVia content will be paid.

3. Desahogaté (general): Desahogaté remains the main landing page (what you are reading right now). Here I will focus on all things lifestyle and all other monthly musings. Expect more think pieces like: Why I no longer post about politics and 5 morning habits for a better day.

The GoodNews

The good news is that as a paid subscriber you will have access to all my publications across the sections. If you are not already, I highly suggest upgrading your subscription.

After creating these Substack Sections I automatically enrolled all the subscribers into all three categories. If you would like to opt-out of one of the categories you may do so by following the below steps:

• Go to Substack → Profile → Subscriptions

• Click your newsletter

• Open Email preferences

• Uncheck the section you no longer wish to receive emails for

• Save

Cadence

If you know me personally, you know how like me it is that I would commit to two articles a week from the jump. The truth is, I overcommitted. If I don’t scale back now, I will burn out. Moving forward you can expect one weekly article and one monthly career or beauty article. Let’s try that for now and see how it goes. I appreciate you all so much for letting me learn with you.

NOW FOR THE FUN PART!!

Introducing: “Querida Via”

The time has come for me to live out my inner Dolly Alderton (the British Carrie Bradshaw) and launch my advice column! As the certified therapist friend, it’s time I put my passion and witt to the test! Beginning in February 2025, subscribers will be able to write in questions/seek advice on any area of life for a public published reply!! While anyone can write in, the QueridaVia column will be exclusively paid.

You can start submitting questions NOW to: desahogatewithvia@gmail.com

The future looks bright ya’ll! I’m so excited for all that is to come

Love love,

Via