Does Your Head Keep Messing With You?
I'm back after a much-needed break.
Hi friend,
I’m writing to you after a long, long time. We left for Phuket on December 04.
It wasn’t a planned trip at all and my first trip where we took each day as it went. Extended our stay where we liked, and cut it short where we didn’t.
It was very different, honestly.
I don’t think I’ve ever felt this relaxed on a trip. I didn’t bother about what I was wearing, didn’t use any makeup nor did I straighten my hair as I usually do. I was in a messy bun that I don’t even dare to carry back home.
I was free.
So free.
Even in my head, which I hadn’t felt for a while.
The last few months have left me flustered about several business decisions.
I’ve been feeling conflicted about this one thing I want to do, for which I’m suggested multiple but contrasting ways to do it. Very few of them align with what my heart wants to do.
I’m conflicted between pursuing what feels right versus expert opinions.
It’s an uncomfortable place to be when you run a one-person business because it’s a single-player game, and not a very easy one.
As a recent announcement I made on LinkedIn and my Side Hustle Saturdays newsletter, I am now downsizing the frequency of my Summit 21 cohorts from 4 times a year to maybe twice a year.
That’s the first step towards freeing up more time and energy.
It’ll lead to a monetary loss (at least $15,000/year), but that’s just the temporary price you pay to free up space so you can do a better job.
(Btw the next cohort starts in 15 days, in case you want to join - join here).
Along with that, I’m going to create something about solopreneurship. Don’t know what, but something valuable because most writers and non-writers who come to me want to quit their jobs.
I’m going to sit back for the rest of the days in December as I
write year-end reflections
do 2024 goal-setting
campaign for Summit 21
I feel this year was incredibly busy outside and in my head, and outside is good, but in my head, not so good.
See you soon!
Love,
N
Way to go Niharikaa!