FREE 3-CHAPTER GUIDE
A Museum of Thoughts — The Starter Edition
FREE 3-CHAPTER GUIDE
A Museum of Thoughts — The Starter Edition
A free 3-chapter starter edition of a museum of thoughts — Colleen's most-loved essays on beginnings, the pursuit, and the quiet question of whether you'd like the version of you that's showing up today.
Written by Colleen Yu — 463K on Instagram, 44K+ readers on Substack, telling the truth about creative pursuit since 2020.
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Free. No credit card. One quiet email and it's yours.
You're working on something real, but it doesn't *look* like work yet — and the silence in between starting and finishing is starting to feel personal.
Half your goals were absorbed from someone else's grid, and you can't tell which dreams are actually yours anymore.
You've optimised your life until it photographs well, but underneath it doesn't feel like the life you actually wanted.
You see the half-packed suitcases of your life and read them as endings, when they might actually be the beginning of something good.
Three hours a day in the algorithm and you can feel your own voice getting fainter — you want to come back to writing, thinking, deciding for yourself.
Three of Colleen's most-shared essays from a museum of thoughts, curated as one quiet read for the version of you trying to begin again.
A meditation on how progress almost always looks like a half-packed suitcase — and why mess is usually a sign you're moving, not falling apart.
What creative pursuit actually feels like from the inside — the boring parts, the doubting parts, the parts no one posts about.
Colleen's brand thesis, in long form — the question that quietly reorganises every decision once you let it.
Joining 44K+ readers who get a museum of thoughts each week.
"I read it twice. I haven't done that with anything online in years."
Her writing is the rare thing that actually slows me down.
This is the kind of internet I forgot I was allowed to want.
Enter your details below — you'll get instant access to all three.
I wanted this to feel like a real gift, so I'm tucking two extra things in alongside the three chapters.
20-min call, 5 readers drawn this month
First invites + members-only Substack threads
WHAT YOU GET
Colleen Yu (@filmwcolleen) is a Taiwanese-Canadian writer, filmmaker, and creator splitting her time between Toronto, NYC, and SF. She writes a museum of thoughts on Substack to 44K+ readers, films personal-growth essays for 463K on Instagram, and runs let's ripple — a creator events sub-brand built on the idea that the internet should help us actually meet each other. The Starter Edition is her way of welcoming new readers in: three of her most-loved essays, curated as one quiet read for anyone trying to act like their younger self is watching.
Yes — fully free. Drop your email and the first chapter lands in your inbox right away. The other two follow over the next few days so you actually have time to read each one.
Straight to whatever email you sign up with. Chapter One arrives instantly — Two and Three over the following days. You'll also get a PDF version of all three in case you'd rather save them somewhere quiet.
Nope. You'll get the three chapters, and from there you'll join my regular Substack rhythm — usually one essay a week, sometimes less. Unsubscribe anytime, no hard feelings.
Yes! The starter edition is curated and lightly re-edited specifically for this — and the bonuses (the 1:1 call draw + founding access to let's ripple invites) are only available through this sign-up.
First, check your promotions tab and spam folder — Gmail is overzealous. If it's still missing after 24 hours, email colleen@abovebeyondmedia.com and we'll get it sorted.
Each one is around a 7-10 minute read. Not so short they feel thin, not so long they feel like homework. Designed to be read with a coffee in hand.
People looking for a productivity hack, a five-step framework, or a quick win. This is slow, reflective writing for people who want to think more clearly about how they're living — not optimise a morning routine.
Free. One email. Three chapters. Yours forever.
