A zine for overthinkers, MomTok, and who does she think she is?

Internet People: Issue 129

Internet People

Anna Seirian

, and

MJ Mayes

Apr 16, 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.

Week 11 of The Artist’s Way reminds us that the creative path isn’t a typical career ladder. It’s not even a winding path — it's a scavenger hunt with clues that only make sense AFTER you’ve committed to playing the game.

In this episode, we talk money, freelancing, portfolio careers, and what to do when everything feels really hard.

👉 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

We’re peeing our pants to announce that The Overthinker’s Guide to Getting Started has landed 🥳

We spent 9 months working on a book proposal that our agents loved, but they told us we needed to grow the brand more before we talk publishing.

…then we got impatient and want you guys to be able to read it now!!! 😇

This baby is a short, tactical playbook to help you stop spiraling and start creating — because your ideas deserve to see the light of day!

The Overthinker’s Guide to Getting Started is a no-fluff guide for perfectionists, procrastinators, and overthinkers who are tired of waiting for the perfect moment and ready to take action.

It’s short, easy to read, and packed with practical strategies to help you get out of your head and start making real progress — we can’t wait for you guys to get your hands on it!!

Get your copy for $22

📚 Read

The Gentle Art of Being Seen: Reframing Personal Branding by

CAMILLE MENDOZA

For those of you who enjoyed our digital gardening issue last week, you’ll appreciate this refreshing take on personal branding too.

I've completely reframed how I think about sharing online: It’s not merely “taking up space”. It’s being courageous enough to give your insights and learnings to anyone who would value it.

🎧 Listen

Why Utah is Regulating Mom Influencers

If you’ve ever wondered why there are so many Mormon mommy bloggers, got sucked into the Ruby Franke saga, or just thought hey, putting your kids on the Internet is weird! — you’ll enjoy this 20 minute listen from the Wall Street Journal podcast.

🔮 Explore

iMessage auto-reply ideas

This Threads creator says that she started using iMessage auto-replies to “sniff out the energy vampires in her life” — but the real gold is in the pinned thread right below it. She shares all 7 (hilarious) replies that she programmed to go out when she’s busy driving, sleeping, working, cleaning, you name it!

🍿 Watch

Who Does She Think She Is? by

Florence Given

This 2-min manifesto/pep talk from the always inspiring Florence Given will get you all fired up to take up more space so you can be bolder and louder with your creativity!!