<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Alida: Writings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Essays, stories, and quiet observations about life, creativity, and what it means to stay curious. Some are true, some are imagined, but all are invitations to see the world a little differently.]]></description><link>https://www.alidamagazine.com/s/writings</link><image><url>https://www.alidamagazine.com/img/substack.png</url><title>Alida: Writings</title><link>https://www.alidamagazine.com/s/writings</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:35:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.alidamagazine.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Linda Alida]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[lindaalida@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[lindaalida@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Linda Alida]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Linda Alida]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[lindaalida@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[lindaalida@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Linda Alida]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[It feels a bit like jumping off a cliff...]]></title><description><![CDATA[A letter from the editor.]]></description><link>https://www.alidamagazine.com/p/it-feels-a-bit-like-jumping-off-a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.alidamagazine.com/p/it-feels-a-bit-like-jumping-off-a</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Alida]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:28:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OsMH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d772740-7c63-45e3-be7e-5364e4a03757_1456x1048.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Plunging into a brand new venture. And it wouldn&#8217;t be Alida if things weren&#8217;t dramatic. And starting a new project, on a new platform is terrifying. You&#8217;re putting your trust in people that they like what you&#8217;re doing enough to come along for something no one knows will work out. Or even what it is entirely. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OsMH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d772740-7c63-45e3-be7e-5364e4a03757_1456x1048.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OsMH!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d772740-7c63-45e3-be7e-5364e4a03757_1456x1048.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OsMH!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d772740-7c63-45e3-be7e-5364e4a03757_1456x1048.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OsMH!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d772740-7c63-45e3-be7e-5364e4a03757_1456x1048.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OsMH!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d772740-7c63-45e3-be7e-5364e4a03757_1456x1048.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OsMH!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d772740-7c63-45e3-be7e-5364e4a03757_1456x1048.jpeg" width="1456" height="1048" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5d772740-7c63-45e3-be7e-5364e4a03757_1456x1048.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1048,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:627042,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.alidamagazine.com/i/205432850?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d772740-7c63-45e3-be7e-5364e4a03757_1456x1048.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OsMH!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d772740-7c63-45e3-be7e-5364e4a03757_1456x1048.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OsMH!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d772740-7c63-45e3-be7e-5364e4a03757_1456x1048.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OsMH!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d772740-7c63-45e3-be7e-5364e4a03757_1456x1048.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OsMH!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d772740-7c63-45e3-be7e-5364e4a03757_1456x1048.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>But first an introduction. Some people may know me from <a href="https://www.threads.com/@linda_alida_">Threads</a> where I am regularly annoying people (men) with my overly direct communication and over-sharing about my life. It&#8217;s been three years of growing a community, learning that my art was always enough and just figuring out who I am as a human. </p><p>And it&#8217;s all lost to time. </p><p>It&#8217;s the best and worst thing about the platform. It&#8217;s a beautiful stream of consciousness, an endless party with conversations to jump into and out of when you need that connection. And when it&#8217;s gone, it&#8217;s pretty hard to find ever again. Just hidden away in the recesses of our minds. </p><p>I was having a conversation with an artist friend. Trying to explain my history. The growth. How Threads and Glass and all the people along the way shaped the choices I made to bring me to this point. And there was nothing to show. No post I could point to. No words of wisdom. No inspirational photo. Just whatever had been happening recently. The past quietly eviscerated without me noticing. My hands empty of offerings. </p><p>The answer has been staring back at me for quite a while. From the high school senior thesis where I literally wrote the paper on how to make a magazine to the wide variety of topics discussed on far too many platforms. </p><p>A magazine. A digital magazine to contain it all. And organize it all. Bring it all under one roof. It feels like a homecoming. A celebration of the beauty and wonder hidden in everyday life, told through a neurodivergent lens. It&#8217;s for the endlessly curious. The people who chase adventures, ask impossible questions, and find joy in exploring life, the universe, and everything.</p><p>The hardest part has been trying to explain the why. Who is this for? Why read it? What is the purpose? </p><p>And it really goes back to that conversation with my friend. I related. To their experiences. This is the connection. The meeting in the middle. A sharing of experience. A moment of feeling a little less alone. The world is a little less scary. Because we found each other. </p><p></p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.alidamagazine.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. 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