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.
There's a lot to be said for making something because YOU are interested in it, or curious, or find joy. I've created tons of stuff nobody has seen, but it has more to do with my awkwardness with marketing. I'll figure it out eventually!
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.
There's a lot to be said for making something because YOU are interested in it, or curious, or find joy. I've created tons of stuff nobody has seen, but it has more to do with my awkwardness with marketing. I'll figure it out eventually!
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.