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Date
December 31, 2024

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)