Retail Therapy

About the Substack

Personal essays about the time and money we throw at our angst, and why we keep selling ourselves a lie. No affiliate links and I never pretend I have it figured out. I don't.

Free Subscription Benefits

  • Free subscribers get the full Retail Therapy experience โ€” minus the receipt.

Paid Subcription Benefits

  • Everything magically shows up in your Inbox โ€” every post, every conversation, full access. Your opinions help shape where Retail Therapy goes next.
  • Once youโ€™re locked in, your price never goes up. Ever. Talk about Retail Therapy!
  • Your support keeps Retail Therapy fully unfiltered. You know, in a way we'd never drink water. And it funds Radio's acupuncture. He still hasn't gotten a job. Or an agent

Paid Subscription Plans

  • $5 a month
  • $50 a year

About Rani Monson

Where do we throw our time & money when life stops making sense? That's Retail Therapy โ€” personal essays by a former business reporter (yes, the WSJ kind) now surviving corporate tech by growing plants in the bathtub and doing yoga in the driveway.

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