December_25
The finishing issues. Plan in pencil, the bike room principle that beats motivation, why the anxiety never goes, and taking 10 minutes on Christmas Eve to slow down.
EVERYTHING I shared in my newsletter in December, 27 in total, including:
- Plan in pencil - Why flexibility beats permanence (NOTE//028)
- Why I love analogue - Perfectly explained by Carlo (LINK)
- A typewriter interview with Sarah Manguso - On not making things that feel like homework (LINK)
- The "bike room" principle - Why you don't need more motivation (NOTE//029)
- Self-care advice for children - That most business owners could use (LINK)
- The Cult of Done Manifesto - To back up the bike room principle (LINK)
- Finish - The world doesn't need more ideas, it needs more finishers (NOTE//030)
- Edward Abbey on outliving the desk-bound bastards - One final paragraph of advice (OB//018)
- 100 questions to ask yourself - About your business, your life, and your work from Alex Morris (LINK)
- Start by tidying up - Is this the most productive thing you can do today? (NOTE//031)
- A free 500-page book from DixonBaxi - 18 months of studio mess, online and free (LINK)
- Progress isn't always about perfect execution - Sometimes it's just about fewer bad moments (OB//019)
- Two exercises, two sentences - Five minutes to create positioning that actually works (NOTE//032)
- How to pitch like a creative - To make you more memorable and exciting to prospective clients (LINK)
- The smallest viable audience - Why starting small might work (NOTE//033)
- What are the footprints of your life adding up to? - From Common Discourse (LINK)
- MSCHF's masterclass - Business by not doing what you're supposed to (LINK)
- Show first, ask permission later - The best businesses don't wait for permission (NOTE//034)
- 8 tricks to make sure you finish - What you actually start (LINK)
- Annie Hamilton on failing - An incredibly honest interview (LINK)
- 10 minutes to slow down - Ólafur Arnalds' Sunrise Session for Christmas Eve (LINK)
- What if the gap isn't more revenue? - The problem is you haven't defined "enough" (NOTE//035)
- A 3-step formula to boost your revenue - Josh Spector's framework (LINK)
- What a freelance lance actually means - The etymology that changes everything (LINK)
- The anxiety never really goes - It's not the size of the numbers that creates stress (LINK)
- 11 lessons from A24 - What the film studio can teach you about doing business differently (LINK)
- Dieter Rams pointing at things - Things he doesn't like (LINK)


