Appetizers, dilly dallying, and how to become cool
Internet People: Issue 123
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🎨 Bare Minimum Artist’s Way
We’re in full swing of our 12-week Bare Minimum Artist’s Way — our ADHD-friendly take on Julia Cameron’s classic. Why? Because half-assing it to the finish line beats quitting at week 3.
In Week 5, we examine the sneeeeaky little payoffs we get for staying stuck in our creative work. This seems counterintuitive — wouldn’t we want to grow? Wouldn’t we want to change, expand, and evolve? Isn’t that the whole reason we’re doing this???
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💬 Crowdsourced from Coworking Club
Every week, we ask a ~very important~ question to our beloved Coworking Club members, and they chime in with sticky notes. Here’s the latest:
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📚 Read
Low-energy habits that improved my mental health by
Sometimes self-care means drinking water out of a wine glass for no reason or doing things at 70% effort because “perfect” is exhausting. This piece is a reminder that you don’t have to completely overhaul your life to feel a little better — you just need some low-energy habits that actually make existing easier.
Maybe self-care isn’t about fixing anything. Maybe it’s just about making life feel a little more like yours.
🎧 Listen
Search Engine interview with Ira Glass
Work-life balance is notoriously difficult to pin down when you’re creative and love your work. This interview with radio’s legendary Ira Glass pokes at questions of balance, what happens when you work all the time, and the sacrifices you make along the way.
🔮 Explore
How I Experience the Web Today
Ever feel like the Internet is working against you? This silly, pointless, interactive site perfectly captures the chaos of modern browsing if you need a laugh (or validation for why your attention span is fried!!!)
🍿 Watch
The journey from cringe to cool
This reel blew us away — the creator uses two real life examples to demonstrate the importance of following your own instincts despite other people thinking you’re kind of a weirdo. He says, “For a time, dancing alone is a normal step in becoming a pioneer.”
Hard-hitting questions to stretch your brain (and start more interesting conversations)
Because sometimes, you just need to ~think with your eyes~ to spark your next idea
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is garlic bread a normal US appetiser (starter) or no because that’s the number 1 choice here for most restaurants
I recently realized that I'll tell people I was dilly-dallying when I was actually doing some of the most important work and I don't know how to quit that, LOL.