# Salty Divas

Salty Divas celebrates & empowers 50+ trailblazers. Write your story. Launch your business. Take that trip.

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## [Price Per Wear: The Boots Julie Made Me Buy](https://saltydivas.substack.com/p/price-per-wear)

_2026-07-20 · Michelle Laurie Smith_

On frivolous purchases and the friends who talk you into them

## [I Asked For A Sign. The Butterflies Came.](https://saltydivas.substack.com/p/i-asked-for-a-sign-the-butterflies)

_2026-07-01 · Michelle Laurie Smith_

On a plane from New York to San Francisco, I watched a stranger write on a vomit bag and felt something shift in my chest.

## [I Watched My Dad Rage Against Dying — Then Finally Find Peace](https://saltydivas.substack.com/p/the-death-of-my-father)

_2026-04-28 · Michelle Laurie Smith_

Four years ago I sat for two days and two nights and watched my father die.

## [Hey 2026! Y2K Called and Asked For The Panic Back](https://saltydivas.substack.com/p/hey-2026-y2k-called-and-asked-for)

_2026-01-07 · Michelle Laurie Smith_

Ready to ditch the resolutions and take a gentler approach?

## [I Spent Years Looking For The Perfect Pants And Found My Writing Voice Instead](https://saltydivas.substack.com/p/i-spent-years-looking-for-the-perfect)

_2025-09-26 · Michelle Laurie Smith_

I came back to writing, specifically to start Salty Divas, with a single mission: where can I find comfortable pants.

## [When Success Feels More Like Exposure — The Naked Truth About Going Viral](https://saltydivas.substack.com/p/i-went-viral-with-15000-likes-then)

_2025-07-25 · Michelle Laurie Smith_

How 81,000 impressions, raccoon invasions, and running out of milk taught me the uncomfortable truth about online success

## [Stop Trying To Be An Influencer](https://saltydivas.substack.com/p/what-real-marketing-takes-when-youre)

_2025-05-08 · Michelle Laurie Smith_

What it takes to market your business when you're over 50 (and it's not what you think)

## [Stop Waiting Until You're Ready To Write The Book](https://saltydivas.substack.com/p/why-midlife-is-the-perfect-time-to)

_2025-04-26 · Michelle Laurie Smith_

Fiction writer Katherine Ward on finding her midlife courage to independently publish a book

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/162208336/a0165d4e4648c564e4483a18cb4f47e8.mp3)

## [The Song That Still Undoes Me](https://saltydivas.substack.com/p/music-is-the-food-of-loveand-memory)

_2025-04-12 · Michelle Laurie Smith_

How music can unlock memory and become your secret tool for creative writing

## [Home of the Agentic Pull Request (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/liV7Wm6mC7KD)

_2025-04-12 · **Sponsored**_

CLI-first, TUI-ready toolkits and a moshscript installer — join the waitlist

## [I Left My Phone At Home On Purpose (Shock, Horror!)](https://saltydivas.substack.com/p/when-you-forget-your-phone-does-the)

_2025-02-24 · Michelle Laurie Smith_

And guess what? The world didn't stop.