I'm Winning At Work, but Failing Outside

Even though I'm winning at work

Hi friends,

Today’s edition is unlike all other editions.

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Brutal Honesty

I don’t know if you noticed, but my last two newsletters had a lot of typos.

I haven’t been editing them too well.

It’s weird because I’m winning at work but losing at other things.

I started another cohort of Summit 21 this week, which was just an experiment 4 months ago. It feels unreal that it’s now is a proper course that attracts writers globally.

My Twitter is growing like insane.

I published writing guides 3 days ago and they’ve already made me good money.

Above all, people DM me so much love that at times I really take time to sink it all in and capture it. Because everything in life is impermanent, good or bad. I try to capture the love and hold it. Every single kind DM makes a huge difference.

It makes all the times I worked hard even when it was difficult so worth it.

But I’m also losing. And those thousands of dollars won’t make up for it.

Remember, how my only New Years Resolution was to have a balance this year? To take enough breaks?

I am, but it’s at an extreme. I go on a holiday, and I get back to work.

When I work, that’s all I do. I’m typing this on a Saturday evening, a day that’s supposed to be my ‘half day’. I work for 4 hours but even outside of that, I’m only thinking/ doing work-related things.

My new French class feels like a good break into reality. A reality where I’m not only speaking to people on Twitter and slack and talking around creator economy related stuff

I’ve only done my physiotherapy once instead of twice in the last two weeks. And my knees are still a few months from healing. That’s not good.

Adding to that, I’m barely spending time with my family.

I know so far this newsletter has been a positive place, and this is not a rant, lol. It will ALWAYS be a positive and safe space.

But this is to show you two sides to a coin. When you see me on social media, everything is golden.

But sometimes that can be fucked up too. What it takes to get there.

I promise I’ll solve this in the coming week. And get better with time.

And I’m so grateful to you all and my audience everywhere else that gives me love, but also a sense of purpose.

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Writing Guides

I released two writing guides 3 days ago. They are already in over 35 inboxes… a response I didn’t imagine since I didn’t ‘market’ it or something.

They have a discount on the first few copies. If that interests you, check it out:

• Medium Guide: Use code FIRST50

• Article Guide: Use code FIRST20

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Favourite Tweet

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Articles I Wrote

• Does My Complicated Name Scream ‘CHEAP’ for Clients?

• I Choose Sanity Instead of ‘Scaling Up’ (my favourite)

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I will see you next week. I hope you have a lovely weekend.

Love,

N