Hi friends!
How it's going? I've been consistent on sending my weekly newsletter on Tuesdays, so from now on, you can expect it then! (No promises though, I’m only human).
Over the past week, I've been making many plans on building an online audience. I've been experimenting with Medium, Twitter, and Instagram. Here's what I've been working on:
Contacting many content creators to interview them - I asked 4, and they all said yes, yay! (Although, I still don’t know how to go about this)
Trying to get into harder publications on Medium - and today, I finally got into the publication where I got rejected 3 times, yay!
Participating in a 30-day writing challenge on Twitter - here's my first atomic essay from yesterday :)
While learning how to write well, keep the momentum of showing up online and reduce the self-doubt voices.
I've noticed that I'm starting to get overwhelmed with so much going on. So I came up with a way to choose what projects to work on, keep my focus, and not lose track.
If you have a lot going on, here's what might help:
Come up with your overarching goal. My goal right now is to learn how to create content and build an online community. And later, make money.
Come up with your guiding principles. Is this project helping me towards my goal of writing well? Is this project helping me to build an online community?
Stick with your values. In any project that I choose to embark on, I make sure that I do it with integrity, transparency, compassion. I also make sure that it leads me to growth and freedom later.
On top of those, the most important thing you can ask yourself if you need to continue doing what you're doing is this:
Does this activity drain me or energize me?
It's more important than being happy. I can find happiness in watching Netflix, but after a few hours, it drains me. So, pay attention to what energizes you or drain you.
I’d love to know if you’re getting some value from this newsletter. Message me! If you'd like to see behind my projects' behind-the-scenes, I'm active on Twitter and Instagram, say hi!