Hello friends!
Back in 2020, I came up with a little thing called … Bethline. It was a live radio show I did once a week from my kitchen via YouTube. Much like everyone else in 2020, I was trying to find something to do with my free time aside from wiping down packages before bringing them into my home. I have always loved connecting with people, as I am attempting to do here, and at the time, YouTube was testing out a new platform that allowed creators to go live ‘on air’ in a new way. When they approached me about testing out the Beta platform, I gleefully said yes, as I was beyond desperate at the time to have anything to focus on that wasn’t the presumable end of the world, and so entered… Bethline!
I am a big fan of 90s sitcoms, Fraiser, has always been one of my favorites. As I am sure you already know because I talk about it … often, I love therapy! During the what the fuck am I doing with my life? 2020 period, I even considered going back to school to become a therapist. I took a free Introduction to Psychology class through Antioch University, and while I loved the class, I felt like school was too much of a commitment and I never followed through after the class ended. I started Bethline shortly after and allowed that to be where I put my amateur therapist to work. The show was an hour long and in the beginning of each episode I sort of ranted about the going-ons of my life that week and then called a friend to join me and have a conversation on a topic. I had guests like Hayley Williams, Ariana Madix of Vanderpump Rules, Alexis Krauss of Sleigh Bells and Vanessa Carlton, among others. After my conversation with my guest ended, I opened up a “call-line” and took a few questions from listeners. It was SUPER fun to do while it lasted, which wasn’t really that long. Part of why I ended it is because it was oddly a lot of work to find a guest to come on every week, AND, the inner critic was running amuck when I was able to see how many people were listening live. The amount of listeners never really surpassed what I imagined it should, and instead of allowing it more than 7 weeks to develop, I quit doing it and backed away into the shadows.
Here is an episode of Bethline with guest Hayley Williams of Paramore aka the queen of my heart. All of the episodes live on YouTube by the way, if you have any desire to listen to 2020 Bethany talk with her friends and listeners from her kitchen…
As I am now attempting to live my best “the rest is still unwritten” core lifestyle, my expectations in terms of “listeners,” or in this case, subscribers/readers, has significantly decreased. I am now mostly concerned with doing things that bring me joy, while my ego’s addiction to expectations and perfection is kicking and screaming in the backseat. I enjoy oversharing with you once a week, but I will admit, it can be hard to figure out what to talk about/write about/sing about/overshare about every single week all on my own. My brain is tired! There is a lot of (secret) stuff going on in my life and the world is … a vampire! So, I thought it would be nice to integrate the OG Bethline experience into Oversharing in some capacity, not only for you guys to be able to ask me things directly, but so that on those days where I am feeling particularly braindead, I can look to some of your questions and use them as a prompt. We will be helping one another - oversharing together if you will!
I created this Google Form as a place for you to submit your questions for me. Your personal info will be anonymous, so go ahead and ask me anything your heart desires. Remember, this space is called oversharing, so no share is too big! I am not a trained professional, but giving people advice is one of my favorite things to do … taking my own advice? Not so much!
My plan is to answer some of your questions once a month, starting next week. There will be a link at the top of the Oversharing homepage to the Google Form where you can leave your questions, and I will also save the Bethline topic on the homepage so you can return to it to read the monthly wisdom whenever you need!
Can’t wait to see what you guys come up with.
Until next week xo.
I was the first BethLine caller 💃🏻. When I listened back and hear my anxiety over explaining that I’m not trying to ask you a too personal question is just cringe worthy 🤦🏻♀️. Crazy stupid fan girl moments. Shy anxiety introvert moment too.