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As some of you know, I write another blog called Oddball. That blog is the revamp/relaunch of a sports trivia newsletter my friend Jonathan and I started in 2019 and put on hiatus in 2023.
Putting creative projects on hiatus is tough. So much of life is about consistency and momentum and the interrelation between the two. When consistency stops, so does momentum; as soon as momentum stops, consistency becomes borderline impossible.
One of the reasons I have tried to blog every (week)day for the past few weeks is because I've been trying to create a kind of momentum/consistency flywheel. I'm trying to engineer momentum to the point where where it is just generally understood (at least in my brain, to me, by me) that I will devote a few hours per day to blogging here and/or at Oddball as part of my everyday routine.
I'm not a life coach (even though I probably should be) but if I were, and you came to me concerned about your creative output, I would tell you to stop thinking about it as creative output. We don't eat because we "make time for it." We eat because if we don't, we'll die. Over a long enough period of time ββ decades, say ββ the time we put aside to shop, cook, and eat isn't time we regret spending nor is it time we even really think of as being spent (i.e. to the detriment of some other thing).
You know how you're breathing whether you're conscious of it or not but when you stop to think about it you're like, wait, how do I do this unconsciously again? That's what I'm trying to get at. Maybe you solve the creativity issue by turning it ("doing" creativity) into something simple, quotidian, and boring.
On y va!
π΄π΄ Having a tough week? I feel you. Make sure your sound is on and go here.(Instagram/gohorseshow)
ππ For the Toronto readers, the next Fuckup Nights Toronto event is on September 18. I'm thinking of going (and speaking, eventually) and I wanted to give y'all the heads up. (Eventbrite)
ππ Spotify is introducing a messaging feature because no one leaves well enough alone anymore. This is like when the burger place adds subpar pizzas and mediocre salads to their menu in an effort to be everything to everyone. Does anyone stay in their lane anymore? (Spotify)
ππ I like clothes but I like the idea of clothes more, by which I mean I spend a bit too much time thinking about the kinds of clothes and accessories I'd buy if I had a ton of disposable income (which I don't). Today's obsession: the crossbody and sling bags by cΓ΄te&ciel. (cΓ΄te&ciel)
π€π A good LinkedIn post is a rare thing, but they materialize from time to time. (LinkedIn)
π΅π΅ Yesterday and the day before I recommendeded songs and people were happy, so I figure I should keep doing it. Put this on during the last hour of your workday to give yourself the mega-nutrients needed to stave off death. (Spotify)
π₯π₯ The little bits (see here, and then here) of Cardi B on the stand (she's been accused of assaulting a security guard in 2018, which she denies doing) are just like... perfect internet. (Twitter/Belcardi11)
β β I made some updates to swipe, my swipe file that isn't really a swipe file as much as it's a mood board. (combatdavey.net)
π² gonna
πΌ go
π± touch
π³ grass
π· now
Be good to yourself.
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