Stardew Valley, Project Runway, and being a jealous b*tch

Internet People: Issue 125

Internet People

Anna Seirian

, and

MJ Mayes

Mar 19, 2025

Welcome to Internet People 🌀 A weekly roundup of fresh ideas to fuel your creative process & help you navigate the mindf*ck of being a creative person in the digital age

🎨 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 7, we explore how inspiration is received (not forced!) and why sometimes, being a jealous b*tch can be the most powerful motivator to take action on your creative ideas.

👉 Listen to the episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts

👉 Read the article on Substack

💬 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:

🚨 Happening soon — free coworking session!

There’s a 1-hour session today at 11am PT / 2pm ET and we’d love to see you there!

👉 Here’s the Zoom link

This issue is sponsored by our very own
Writing Club
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Writing Club

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By popular demand, we’re now offering Saturday writing sessions (in addition to Mondays) starting this week!

If you keep daydreaming about that book, newsletter, or blog you want to start, Writing Club is the weekly boost to help you get there.

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📚 Read

Don’t Build Businesses! Build Projects! by

Stevie Dillon

This guide is a very refreshing take on how to build a business for “personal brand-based” founders — because the normal rules of Internet business rarely apply to us! If you’re a multi-passionate creative who historically side-eyes the idea of niching down, this one’s for you.

🎧 Listen

Nora Ephron Spring Spotify Playlist

A perfect playlist for when you’re ready to feel like you’re in You’ve Got Mail or Sleepless in Seattle (or just happy and light on your feet) features Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, etc. It’ll make you want to give someone a bouquet of freshly sharpened pencils!

🔮 Explore

The Public Domain Review

We are never not loving websites that feature the gems of the public domain!

The Public Domain Review is dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas — focusing on works now fallen into the public domain, the vast commons of out-of-copyright material that everyone is free to enjoy, share, and build upon without restrictions.

🍿 Watch

The Untold Story of Tim Gunn & Project Runway

Anyone else used to looove the OG days of Project Runway? This hour-long interview with national treasure Tim Gunn is perfect to put on while you do chores — they get into how he got into fashion, the birth of PR, and the origins of his famous catchphrase: Make it work.