Hi! I'm Damon. I help creative businesses share their message online. I also send sporadic newsletters about creative life.
Wasted hours are not separate from your life
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Hi Reader! How are you doing? โ 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! โ I could make a vlog or sing a song or become a beauty influencer ๐ ๐ป It doesn't have to be clever or niche or useful. โ 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! โ 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. โ 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. โ Peace โ๐ป Damon โ ๐ฑ Stuff I'm Doing Recently ๐ฑSeptember Week #1 (Links with an * are affiliate) โ Find me on: My Website | Instagram | TikTok | LinkedInโ โ P.S. want to work with me? Here's how:
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Damon Siseman
Hi! I'm Damon. I help creative businesses share their message online. I also send sporadic newsletters about creative life.
Happy Tuesday Reader, I did it!! I put together my 3 new Content Repurposing offer packages. I spent a lot of time at the end of last year thinking about how to make content creation easier for creatives. The biggest thing I focused on was "repurposing" โ i.e. using the same content multiple times. These offers are aimed at creative business owners who've already made great content, but are now burned out and stuck. Sure, creatives can repurpose their own content, and it'll be wayyyyyyy...
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How's it going Reader? This week for me marks 3 years of daily meditation practice. It's the only "daily streak" I keep, and I'm very proud of this commitment. To me, it represents a commitment purely to myself and my own peace. I don't like to talk about meditation as some kind of "stress management hack" that will then help you "focus better at work". Though it does reduce stress, my own practice is a spiritual one. It doesn't exist to just be a productivity hack. It doesn't exist to solve...