Jan. 27th 2023
Feeling: Optimistic
Today is January 27th, 2023 (Friday), and I’m starting a daily blog! (hooray) I made the decision today while deciding what I want to do and focus my time on. My whiteboard came in yesterday, and I unpacked it this morning and attempted to write out my objectives. I had a youtube video series called “Because It’s Easy” planned out where I learn a skill professionally and document how much time it takes. My first video idea was “I became a professional breakcore artist because it’s easy”. The video would spark controversy among breakcore artists and entice them to watch which I thought was genius but the real goal of the videos is to show those who procrastinate learning that skill that it’s not as complicated as one might think. I wanted to inspire people to put in the time required to learn a skill that makes them money but more importantly learns a skill they enjoy. I put the idea on hold as of this morning. I know that focusing on too many things is the worst way to make progress. If I’m spreading myself out too thin among multiple different projects, all of the projects get completed very slowly but if I can focus on one thing at a time, I can complete one project, and reap the benefit of that complete project while working on the next. The problem I face all too often is I have too many ideas which distract me from my current idea. I just need to learn to double down and perfect one thing at a time.
Long story short, I scrapped all of my previous ideas and decided on one. I’m going to double down on this blog and try to create value for all of you guys. I’ve received overwhelming support which I appreciate so much and just know it’s you guys that will keep me going when things get rough. My reasoning for sticking with the blog comes down to a few reasons. 1. Daily blogs will surely benefit my writing and help me establish my style. 2. When trying to advertise this blog, it will greatly benefit my marketing and sales techniques which is one of the most important skills anyone can learn in business. 3. A blog is easily manipulated to be condensed down to a Pinterest post or simply using images from the blog to post to Instagram. I can also use any of my blog content as a basis for a youtube script. So, I think it’s a smart decision to use the blog as a backbone for my online presence.
Lhis is a huge change I’m making and I’m excited about it. Having a set-in-stone decision as to what I’m doing gives me an overwhelming sense of direction and clarity which I needed. This past week, I’ve been spreading myself super thin, trying to balance classes with work, and the youtube channel along with the blog and multiple social media accounts. It’s not viable to do everything. I felt like I was doing a lot but, also not doing enough. Which I chalk up to be “burnout”. It’s interesting because, throughout my journey as an entrepreneur, I’ve learned that it’s important to have a niche for doing business. It’s not smart to be the end-all-be-all solution to every problem a consumer might have because that is VERY costly and resource inefficient. I didn’t realize until this morning that having a niche also applies to your personal life. I was so concerned with learning every creative skill: photography, graphic design, web design, etc., and expected to create coherent projects with those skills. Don’t get me wrong, I think this website looks amazing and it’s all done by yours truly but I will admit, it takes me so much time to do it all myself and try to take usable selfies of myself doing various tasks using timer pics, getting lighting right, and editing those photos. I can do all of these things but when I’m crunched for time, doing all of these things is unbelievably challenging, and I will usually say “that’s good enough” for the sake of moving on. The result: All of my output is mid.
To combat this, I’m not posting images for any of these daily entries. I’ll write when I have time, and if I at least post something, I’ll be satisfied with myself. I want to be super candid with you guys and be an open book as much as possible so you get a clear view of my thoughts and have a good understanding of my daily life and why I might not be doing so hot one day and loving life the next.
In addition to this new direction, I’m officially back in full swing with my dopamine detox! I corrected my diet yesterday, and have been taking cold showers for the past week. I’m also ironing out some kinks in my schedule.
Every morning, I have an alarm for 7 am. I usually turn it off and go to bed. What I want to do, is immediately go upstairs and take my cold shower. This morning, I turned it off and woke back up at 9 am… 2 HOURS GONE. I could have gotten so much stuff done in that two hours. My usual routine at the moment consists of me getting up, I eat 5 eggs every morning, then I’ll sit down to do personal work for 1 hour. I usually have classes throughout my days and in between classes, I come home and work on my stuff again. On Tuesdays and Fridays, I don’t have class or work so I use those days to work on my stuff all day along with using those nights to hang out with Phoebe. Mondays and Thursdays, I work those nights, along with working Saturday mornings. Lastly, I use my Sundays to complete schoolwork and get ahead. My schedule is busy. If I have time, I’m working on my brand and I stay occupied. I’m afraid my efforts aren’t showing or coming to fruition which is very discouraging.
With time, I hope to master the ability to focus on one thing and utilize my self-discipline skills to stick with whatever I decide on. There are so many things I want to do in this world and be good at to challenge myself but I suppose some of those will have to wait.
Having today’s blog completed, I plan to use the rest of my Friday to relax and hang out with friends. I think a buddy of mine, Caden, is coming over to see Skinamarink with Zach and me. I’ve heard from multiple people that it’s the scariest movie they’ve ever seen which has enticed me. Not sure what to think of it. Because I’m hanging out with friends, I will most likely stay up later than my usual midnight. I’m debating if I should write daily blog posts on weekends. I feel like I need my weekends to relax after a stressful week as you can see from my schedule. I’m still planning on posting tomorrow but just know, this may be a thing in the future.
Again, I appreciate every last one of you, and I can’t wait for more to come. I plan to keep journalling in an unfiltered fashion to speak my mind and hopefully have some of you relate.
