I help creative entrepreneurs build authentic, fulfilling businesses by forming self-connection and self-trust. Through compassion and creativity, I encourage you to design systems tailored to your uniqueness, avoiding burnout and embracing independence. I also send really good newsletters - maybe you want to read them?
Wasted hours are not separate from your life
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Hi Reader! How are you doing? β You know, I think I'm hoping that if I just keep making content on the internet... I'll eventually realise that I can just talk about whatever I want. Like... I'm the one in charge here! β I could make a vlog or sing a song or become a beauty influencer π π» It doesn't have to be clever or niche or useful. β With that in mind, what I'm ACTUALLY thinking about right now is this: I hate feeling like life is an optimisation problem. Where you have to do everything as quickly and "correctly" as possibe. Multiple times in the past few weeks, I find myself rushing to get as much work done as possible, rushing to go to the gym, rushing to get home again... And while I'm walking I'm like. why am I doing this. I hate it! β Utilising every waking moment that you have is nowhere near as rewarding as it sounds like it's gonna be. We'll never achieve the perfect daily routine or the perfect work schedule, even after years and years of bettering ourselves. It's great to be productive and all, but sometimes you'll just mess up! You'll make the wrong decision, or sleep for too long, or spend two days on something that should have taken an hour. β I want to make peace with the hours I "lose" to not being productive. And just include them as a normal part of life. I also want to make content about whatever I want, without feeling like THAT is an optimisation problem where I have to say exactly the right thing. I don't want to spend every moment trying to be useful. I think this is what freedom in creative work is all about. It's part of the process. β Peace βπ» Damon β π± Stuff I'm Doing Recently π±September Week #1 (Links with an * are affiliate) β Find me on: My Website | Instagram | TikTok | LinkedInβ β P.S. want to work with me? Here's how:
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Damon Siseman
I help creative entrepreneurs build authentic, fulfilling businesses by forming self-connection and self-trust. Through compassion and creativity, I encourage you to design systems tailored to your uniqueness, avoiding burnout and embracing independence. I also send really good newsletters - maybe you want to read them?
Hi Reader! How's your week going? I'm always adding to my collection of things from around the internet that made me feel touched and/or inspired. (The collection box being my photo gallery π ) I thought Iβd share a few recents in case you needed a bit of inspiration, distraction, or delight. πΆ This really beautiful animation hollywarbs afraid, but facing it . . . guitar is a track called βplusβ from the album βpas chassΓ©β by loyalty freak music. I combined it with audio recordings from my...
Hi Reader! How are you doing? I'm back, I recovered from surgery, and I'm ready to get to work! π€ There was a part one to this email (you can read it here) and now I'd like to share part 2. Honestly, weβre about halfway through the year and itβs time to step things up. We all know how important it is to have confidence + good self-esteem. It includes beliefs about how skilled we are, how capable we are, plus whether we are likeable. It affects every area of your life. ESPECIALLY creative...
Hiiii Reader! I don't know about you, but whenever I hear someone saying "create more than you consume" I'm just like oouuughhhh Because they are very right to say that. But also sometimes I just cannot get off this thing π²π²π² I'm not here to get all negative about scrolling and make us all feel bad though. I actually wanted to talk about how I'm on a Big Mission to have more self-confidence. Obviously a big part of that for us is going to be creativity and creative work. (I'm also doing a...