The Nuance Diaries

I know I’m working hard and sometimes I can see it

June 21, 2026·6 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

SUBSCRIBERead The Start Of It AllRead '5 Life Lessons From The Devil Wears Prada 2' Book a Coaching Session with Me! Welcome back to The Nuance Diaries!I’ve been playing around with how I describe what I write about here, and recently landed on this:“Unfiltered alchemy from your most unhinged group chat. Consider my vulnerability a permission slip for yours.”I kind of love it. Thoughts?I wrote this song around 3 years ago now. It was inspired by a conversation with one of my best friends last weekend. A specific sentence that she said inspired the whole thing, and that specific sentence is in the song - verbatim. I’ll let you guess what it is (or you can just listen to the voiceover where I’ll tell you!)Highly recommend listening to this one if you’re usually a reader. Highly recommend listening to The Nuance Diaries in general, honestly. It’s not a robot voice - I read them!Can’t see where my life is headin’But I can see the bottom of my sinkAnd that might not mean much to youBut Lord it means everything to meAnd I cannot rememberThe last day that I went without a drinkBut today I did my dishesAnd that’s gonna have to be enough for meI think myself in circlesAs I sit here sprawled on the couchI have all these great ambitionsSometimes I even write a few downAnd I cannot rememberThe last time that I believed in meBut today I did my dishesAnd that’s gonna have to be enough for meI know I’m working hardAnd sometimes I can see itThey say I’m doing fineMaybe one day I’ll believe itThis is a great big worldAnd I am just one girlI wanna do everythingAnd nothing at allI’m gonna try to work onNot feeling so smallI’m gonna try to work onThinking I can have it at allBut for now I’ll clean my closetDo my dishesSing this songCan’t see where my life is headin’But I can see the bottom of my sinkThat might not mean much to youBut Lord it means everything to me This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thenuancediaries.substack.com/subscribe

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