(this is a /now page)
WRITTEN 07.16.2025
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I’ve been writing more on Substack, less on LinkedIn.
I’m finally giving in to the creative part that’s been nagging at me. I just realized something that I’ve probably known for a long time, but have been resistant to accept – I don’t really enjoy marketing and business much at all.
The things I think about without prompting, the places my heart goes when I don’t block it, tend to have a more philosophical lens. And so, I’ve been diving into writing that captures these types of thoughts rumbling around my head. I say that it’s a way for me to organize these ideas, but really I think of it more as honoring them.
A lot of my writing has been spurred by the thoughts that wouldn’t leave me alone after my father’s passing. The “lessons” – though if I’m completely honest, they exist more in my mind than in my behaviors.
Some things I’ve written recently:
Ugly photos are more beautiful
Laugh like a crazy person
Molehills are the mountains
13 things I take for granted
A forgotten family history
10 lessons from my professor-dog, Goose
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I’ve leaned into the newsletter writing portion of my business. Helping solopreneurs and creators translate their experience into generous content. In the past few months, I’ve created three offers:
Email Newsletter Writing: I translate your insights and stories into emails your audience want to read, get immediate value from, and position you as the expert.
Content Ideation Calls: In a 90-minute call, I’ll ask interview-style questions to tease out your most valuable insights that can be used for content your audience actually cares about.
Email List Building: Turn social media attention into a list of ideal prospects that you own and can reach without the algorithm’s blessing.
I came to the conclusion recently that nothing I have ever done out of desperations, particularly cold emails and outreach, has ever worked.
I want to do some outreach for these offers, but I want it to be more targeted. Less desperate. Simply reaching out to creators that I genuinely enjoy in some way and would love to work with, with an offer that may be appealing to some of them.
Some people I’d like to reach out to: Carolyn Elliot, Stephen Cope, Ian Morgan Cron
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Some intentions for this next period of my life…
→ Presence is my goal. To be less stuck in my mind, and more attuned to my body.
→ I feel myself being pulled toward some sort of unnamed spirituality. Don’t resist it.
→ More physical movement. But less structured workout regimens, less counting reps, and less doing things I don’t want to do. Move a lot, but make it easy.
→ I want to stretch more.
→ Return to your daily stillness practice. And keep pushing with the daily typing practice.
→ Allow yourself to enjoy cooking. And do more of it.
→ Lean into the things that are working with work. Don’t try to force the things that aren’t.
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Things I’ve loved in this last period of my life…
→ 🎵 Playlist of My Life (07.13)
→ 📚 Running the Light by Sam Tallent
→ 🎥 Are You Garbage podcast
→ 🌲 My favorite campgrounds lately…
