Are you sprinting or plotting this week?
Oh, hi friends!
I'm a sprinter when it comes to work.
That’s why editing at a daily news website and a weekly magazine suited me. React, respond, change headline, publish, promote, close this page, close that page, edit this newsletter, address these copy edits—all done in a mad-dash sprint to the end of the day, or the end of the week when the magazine literally had to get printed and shipped out on a truck.
Honestly, I miss that rush.
That’s why I have to create projects or constraints for myself. Daily newsletter. Write three pages a day. Pitch five ideas a week. Submit to this fellowship/residency/award.
Constraints dictate process. Process creates pages. Pages equal things I can put out into the world.
But this is just what works for me. Other people love working on long-term projects, revising and plotting and building. The trick is to find what works for you—and hold on tight.
“Don’t take the job that you feel fully prepared for. Stretch yourself. Push yourself. Take the job you feel almost ready for.”
This piece “Jump Before You’re Almost Ready” really hit home.
Ready to have your mind blown and rethink your relationship to sweet corn?! (~22 seconds)
Thank you for reading.
Love, Kara