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💌 You Have to Lose Some to Gain Some as a Creator

💌 You Have to Lose Some to Gain Some as a Creator

On balancing your well-lived life, what your rich life looks like, a Punta Cana vlog

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Jerine Nicole
Mar 16, 2022
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Hi friends & new subscribers,

Can you believe that it's already March?

Time is flying by SO fast. I hope you're slowly reaching your 2022 goals. If not, you still have some time (292 days) to start (or keep) working on them.

I'm not going to lie. My life in Punta Cana is pretty great. It's been hard to create content because I've been fully immersed in this new environment.

So this week, I'd like to talk about this topic.

You have to lose some to gain some as a creator

In a perfect world, a creator would be living off passive income while enjoying their real life.

But for most of us new in this ‘creator economy’ world, being a creator can feel like you're always choosing one thing or another. As I spend more time enjoying this beautiful country, I've dramatically decreased my writing output.

I feel bad because I told myself that I wanted more time for my personal writing as I stopped taking freelance clients.

But since I stopped writing regularly, here's what happened instead: 

  • Woke up at 7 am …

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