# so anyways so anyways is a place for the thoughts that don’t fit anywhere else—unfinished, in-process, and a little less filtered than what you usually see from me. Page: Feed: --- ## [I Believe He's Good. But I'm Still Not Okay With It.](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/i-believe-hes-good-but-im-still-not) _2026-08-19 · Brighton Butler_ What I'm learning about holding grief and belief at the same time. ## [Pre-fall drops I'm eyeing](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/pre-fall-drops-im-eyeing) _2026-08-17 · Brighton Butler_ The weekly newsletter: now coming to you from Substack. ## [I had no idea who this famous person was...](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/i-had-no-idea-who-this-famous-person) _2026-08-10 · Brighton Butler_ The weekly newsletter: now coming to you from Substack. ## [So, we're moving...](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/so-were-moving) _2026-08-03 · Brighton Butler_ The weekly newsletter: now coming to you from Substack. ## [Sometimes Trusting God Feels Delusional](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/sometimes-trusting-god-feels-delusional) _2026-07-28 · Brighton Butler_ Idk about you, but I forget almost daily that He's actually got me. Amnesia level. ## [I Thought If I Just Did Enough](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/i-thought-if-i-just-did-enough) _2026-07-27 · Brighton Butler_ Turns out you can't produce your way to enough. I've tried. A lot. ## [What I Wore This Week Vol. 8](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/what-i-wore-this-week-vol-8) _2026-07-25 · Brighton Butler_ I went to a rodeo, survived on three hours of sleep, and blamed my mood on my Oura ring ## [What I Wore This Week Vol. 7](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/what-i-wore-this-week-vol-7) _2026-07-18 · Brighton Butler_ What I wore, where we went, and the work I did when they finally fell asleep. ## [What I Wore This Week Vol. 6](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/what-i-wore-this-week-vol-6) _2026-07-10 · Brighton Butler_ Two weeks, way too many outfits, zero regrets. ## [36 lessons in 36 years](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/36-lessons-in-36-years) _2026-07-07 · Brighton Butler_ The things life had to teach me the slow/hard/very-not-pleasant way ## [AI QA That Opens Fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2BzYzozFAQSQ) _2026-07-07 · **Sponsored**_ Runs browser QA, files issues with repro evidence, and opens fix PRs. ## [I Believe God Is Real. That Was Never the Hard Part.](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/i-believe-god-is-real-that-was-never) _2026-06-30 · Brighton Butler_ Believing He's there is easy. Trusting Him is what keeps me up at 2 AM. ## [What I Wore This Week Vol. 5](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/what-i-wore-this-week-vol-5) _2026-06-26 · Brighton Butler_ Plus an honest check-in about working way too much ## [What I Wore This Week Vol. 4](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/what-i-wore-this-week-vol-4) _2026-06-20 · Brighton Butler_ Turns out the bar was "not making dinner in my workout clothes" and I cleared it. ## [Balance Is a Lie](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/balance-is-a-lie) _2026-06-18 · Brighton Butler_ Turns out I was just tired and calling it a lifestyle goal. ## [What I Wore This Week Vol. 3](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/what-i-wore-this-week-vol-3) _2026-06-14 · Brighton Butler_ A swimsuit & vacay lookbook with a few strong opinions attached ## [I Thought Accepting It Would Make It Easier](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/i-thought-accepting-it-would-make) _2026-06-11 · Brighton Butler_ It's been 3+ years. It did not. ## [What I Wore This Week Vol. 2](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/what-i-wore-this-week-vol-2) _2026-06-05 · Brighton Butler_ all the good stuff and several head-to-toe amazon for prime day event ## [The Industry Is Shifting and I Can Feel It](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/the-industry-is-shifting-and-i-can) _2026-06-02 · Brighton Butler_ and I’m wrestling with what it means for the business I built ## [4 Never-Fail White T-Shirt Outfit Formulas](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/white-t-shirt-outfit-formulas) _2026-05-31 · Brighton Butler_ with stuff you probably already have in your closet ## [What I Wore This Week Vol. 1](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/what-i-wore-this-week-vol-1) _2026-05-29 · Brighton Butler_ What I actually reached for during week 2 of summer ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FUNyFlgHq0sm) _2026-05-29 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [MVPs from MDW](https://brightonbutler.substack.com/p/mvps-from-mdw) _2026-05-25 · Brighton Butler_ Everything that kept my kids busy and me sane this weekend.