Great idea! Similar advice I use when shopping too... :D Especially if it's a piece of clothing that's expensive or wild. If I'm wondering whether I should splurge, I'll wait a week and see whether I keep thinking about it, designing different outfits with the clothes and jewelry I already have, around it. It really helps!
I do this too! Especially if the item is online, I add it to the cart and then come back later (or not). Most of the time, I realize that I don't want it anymore or I've found another solution. I read a book once that said that you should wait 30 days before buying anything new to see if you're still thinking about it. I like the concept, but for me, 30 days is too long. I need a sun hat now, not when summer is over.
Chris, wowzah, 3,000 Side Hustle podcasts—big bow to you! I worked on a number of them with you (and Whitney and Tina) a ways back, and they were always intriguing; people find resourceful ways to branch out.
I've been working on a memoir for a couple of years on 40 years of crazy correspondence
with the Jack Daniel's Distillery that nagged at me for a while, and I've dropped the project for phases, but I think I'll stumblingly see it through. Thanks!
The novel I am working on first came to me in 2015. It was only last year that I finally sat down to write it. It never gave up on me being the one to bring it to the world.
I binged the podcast when it first launched—and it genuinely shaped the direction of my side hustle journey. You showing up consistently made a bigger impact than you probably realize.
Thanks for trusting that inner pull. It mattered more than you know.
Congratulations on 3000 episodes!
Great idea! Similar advice I use when shopping too... :D Especially if it's a piece of clothing that's expensive or wild. If I'm wondering whether I should splurge, I'll wait a week and see whether I keep thinking about it, designing different outfits with the clothes and jewelry I already have, around it. It really helps!
I do this too! Especially if the item is online, I add it to the cart and then come back later (or not). Most of the time, I realize that I don't want it anymore or I've found another solution. I read a book once that said that you should wait 30 days before buying anything new to see if you're still thinking about it. I like the concept, but for me, 30 days is too long. I need a sun hat now, not when summer is over.
Thank you for this...a reminder that the gently and persistently "nagging" ideas provide a path into rewarding projects.
If the idea will not leave and/or if you feel the idea like a burning in the gut
Appreciate you giving words to this brighter experience of obsession, should make it easier to notice when I’m having a good idea.
Thanks Chris for pointing out this "eternal research & learning" on an idea is likely because it is what I should do!
And Congrats on 3,000!
Chris, wowzah, 3,000 Side Hustle podcasts—big bow to you! I worked on a number of them with you (and Whitney and Tina) a ways back, and they were always intriguing; people find resourceful ways to branch out.
I've been working on a memoir for a couple of years on 40 years of crazy correspondence
with the Jack Daniel's Distillery that nagged at me for a while, and I've dropped the project for phases, but I think I'll stumblingly see it through. Thanks!
The novel I am working on first came to me in 2015. It was only last year that I finally sat down to write it. It never gave up on me being the one to bring it to the world.
So glad you followed that nagging feeling.
I binged the podcast when it first launched—and it genuinely shaped the direction of my side hustle journey. You showing up consistently made a bigger impact than you probably realize.
Thanks for trusting that inner pull. It mattered more than you know.