This week’s newsletter was on track until… I got distracted by cleaning! Because of the trip to Byron Bay and the ridiculous work hours, nothing had been done in a little while. I got a bit carried away tidying up and the next thing I knew, it was time for the podcast. It’s been recorded and just needs a quick final edit before it comes out tomorrow. I can say that WE HAD ANOTHER MESSAGE! That’ means 1 more Growing Up Brown story!
After missing the creative section of the newsletter last week, I have managed to record a podcast, write Medium article and make an Instagram post and Reel in the last few days. I used to think that the whole “creator economy” thing was pretty easy, but even finding the time to make some not so amazing photo and videos does require a rested mind to ACTUALLY do something creative.
It’s a pattern that’s slowly dawned on me: if I look through my social media feed, the less posts there are the more I’m working. Not because I don’t have time to post, but rather, I just can’t seem to take a photo and make it the way I want it to seem. Or to capture a video and give it a certain feel. After a certain number of hours of work a week, it’s hard to be creative.
That has to be a new lesson for me.
Anyway, Sunday was my first day off in 2 weeks and boy did I celebrate! I went and saw Top Gun: Maverick the night before and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s probably the only Tom Cruise movie I’d go watch in the cinemas again. After that it was brunch followed by cake.
You might ask, with that much time, why is the newsletter delayed this week? To be honest, I just needed some me time to recharge. As mentioned above regarding creativity, even though I started this with the intention of curating interesting things from around the web, that in itself takes time and a mind willing to go explore…