i can’t help you find like real money or prestige, but if you want to be in community with writers, poke around online. Magazines like HAD, Taco Bell Quarterly, Stanchion, are all very online and connected. chill subs / sub club newsletter have submission opportunities. lit mag news (on substack) often shares editor and reader positions.
database of a bunch of mags open for submission and you can filter by pay and fees etc etc very helpful, they also have a paid substack about tips for breaking into the industry--go crazy!!
if you dont know of it already its a great resource! really easy to filter by like everything you can think of, have found under the radar mags ive liked through this
also minimag is great and i read it all the time, theyre pretty open to all types of submissions though sometimes there are themes but theyre not always too strict about it
Videos. Journals. Planners. Calendars. Playlists. Spreadsheets. Letters to open in the future.
Keeping track of the present (in a way that is low stakes and fun) keeps me from dwelling on the past or feeling upset about changing. It will be there for me if and when I want to return to it! And I get to dip into the things I have thought and felt and loved in the past and maybe they become part of my life again or they don't!
I also love to experiment with form in the ways that I record myself. Journals are a classic, but doing something like journaling in a planner with limited space or on a calendar means you have to pick just one memory from each day. Or making playlists / watchlists / reading lists of what's important to you at a time. Embarking upon fun little challenges of discovery (places, songs, books, movies, foods) and keeping track of what you learn in an organized (or disorganized) way! Video journals or little vlogs just for yourself! Scrapbooking!
Fun in the moment to create and fun in the future to rediscover.
