The need to take a break, disengage (temporarily), and re-evaluate can happen at any point in your career.
I'm doing it right now after a 6 week break, forced by illness, gave me a mental gap to question what I'm REALLY trying to achieve with my work here and on YouTube.
After 15 years as a professional copywriter and marketer, my challenge isn't just what to do, it's also what not to do! I have a lot of experience and knowledge to pass on.
The question is, what model will help my audience while creating an income for myself.
Living this exactly right now! I recently decided that I am writing a book, a series in fact. Recently was reflecting on how shower thoughts turn into essays and having stopped here in Substack, finding an amazing community of thoughtful people, I hope to connect with people interested in the topics I write about, come to know their experiences, and also grow as a writer. Just having that cleared up provides a clearly define goal and a lot of direction. Thanks for writing this post.
Three things i) We can't tolerate stepping back long enough to ask these questions ii) The questioning can lead to somewhere uncomfortable, and we know this subconsciously, since we have worked very hard to avoid this discomfort for some time. So we unconsciously procrastinate, or simply open ourselves up to the invitations for distraction iii) The invitations are abundant since they target this exact restlessness. This feeds the loop.
You really nailed it with this post Benjamin!
The need to take a break, disengage (temporarily), and re-evaluate can happen at any point in your career.
I'm doing it right now after a 6 week break, forced by illness, gave me a mental gap to question what I'm REALLY trying to achieve with my work here and on YouTube.
After 15 years as a professional copywriter and marketer, my challenge isn't just what to do, it's also what not to do! I have a lot of experience and knowledge to pass on.
The question is, what model will help my audience while creating an income for myself.
(I don't believe in starving writers).
Thanks Les. That’s a good point. A lot of it is about deciding what not to do. That’s actually a lot harder than it seems
Living this exactly right now! I recently decided that I am writing a book, a series in fact. Recently was reflecting on how shower thoughts turn into essays and having stopped here in Substack, finding an amazing community of thoughtful people, I hope to connect with people interested in the topics I write about, come to know their experiences, and also grow as a writer. Just having that cleared up provides a clearly define goal and a lot of direction. Thanks for writing this post.
This post is something I believe I was meant to read. I've been asking myself these questions as a new Substacker. Thank you!
I’m glad it found you
Great piece.
Three things i) We can't tolerate stepping back long enough to ask these questions ii) The questioning can lead to somewhere uncomfortable, and we know this subconsciously, since we have worked very hard to avoid this discomfort for some time. So we unconsciously procrastinate, or simply open ourselves up to the invitations for distraction iii) The invitations are abundant since they target this exact restlessness. This feeds the loop.
Thank you and thanks for the near summary
Chasing the wrong thing (miss indentified it in brain) leads to in time, a desire to quit....whom has not done that?