It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me

Guilty.Ha.

My name is Rachel Soothow and I work in Beauty Distribution by day and I’m a Bookstagrammer by day/night (I know, just a tad bit confusing, because my brain NEVER stops AND neither do my thoughts). I’m trying to juggle both of these jobs really and god knows why I thought adding a substack would suffice, but here we are! I named this substack I Love You, I Hate You as a tribute to my younger self and the diaries I used to write in daily - the hurt, the drama, the emotions and the boys. I had this space to write in and I filled it with collages and random thoughts and what inspired me and I couldn’t help but want the same for this substack publication. In these newsletters you’ll find a myriad of topics from personal essays, thoughts on films, music, books, lifestyle and more and the hope is to incorporate artworks (god help me if I even have time to right?).

The hope is to use this as my diary - the adult version of my own little ‘Burn Book’ - jokes. But seriously, I’ve found as I’ve gotten older, screen time seems to swamp my day to day workflow and typing my thoughts just works for right now. Thank you all for being on this journey with me and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for this gal from lil ole New Zealand.

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