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Hope you are in good health. My husband has been ill and so far so good– I have not caught the worst of it but my brain does feel a little foggy today so we will see… This weekly FunLetter will be a little different from my previous weeks which were SUPER juicy & about writing and getting organized: -10x your healing, writing this way: the encyclopedia of me -morning and writing routines -the wrong question to ask about forgetting good ideas Click the titles above to revisit those emails if you missed any of them! This is an update on what to expect from me going forward over the next few months. The biggest thing is: There will be no 6 Month Writing Group this summer. If you are a long-time member of my community, that may be a surprise because I’ve run writing groups every 6 months and every summer since 2021 but I have decided to take a break from that. I have been straddling the line of burnout and overwhelm for a while especially since New Years. And this will help me fill up my tank. Hmm what happened in January? That is when I acquired a second business. It needs a lot of love to get off the ground which is taking a lot of my energy and bandwidth so for my beloved Sofia Wren business, I have decided I need to focus on only a few projects at a time to be less overwhelmed. But don't worry, it will be back. The next 6 Month Writing Group will open in November 2024. What else am I doing?
What else is going on? I’ve been slowing down on writing for different websites– although I’ll always try to show up for this weekly FunLetter, I am also starting to play music again and upload music clips to my patreon. I see it every day so it makes me want to play and sing. Patreon is where I share music recordings, and bits of writing on privacy, personal development and other thoughts I have. I also took on a part time gig supporting virtual events that occur throughout the year. That helps me out financially as the other business I got in January is taking my time and attention but not paying money right now. This new gig will help balance things. I can take my time with the new biz, run my most exciting Sofia Wren programs, and it's all good! No matter what bills are getting paid. SIDEBAR There’s so much shame that some people feel picking up part time work as a business owner, but as a seasoned 10 year business owner, I can tell you that is BS. Working a business is liberating but also hard and don’t ever let anyone tell you differently. There are pros to showing up and getting a check. Sometimes doing a little bit of both freelancing and working for someone else is a great way to get the best of both worlds. But that’s just my opinion. Ok ya’ll I’ll feeling kindof fuzzy headed today so I’m going to encourage you again to check out any recent emails you didn't get a chance to read: -10x your healing, writing this way -morning and writing routines -the wrong question to ask about forgetting good ideas And I feel like popping in a final note below. Let’s hope some of today's FunLetter is fun for ya to read Xo good vibes only! A decade ago, I got a coach to learn digital organization (Actually, several) Why? Primarily to keep my career going: to finish projects, write, publish and live up to my potential as a writer or entrepreneur. I just knew I could be doing more. Or doing it better. I felt like a mess. So it surprises the heck out of me that now, I am more organized for my career and my favorite part of this, the thing I most enjoy about being organized are the LIFE benefits. Organizing my journals!! I put a lot of business and writing ideas in my journals so that's why I started organizing them, but I didn't realize how valuable all the lifey stuff was going to be. Self knowledge, going through my journal and book notes, finding bits of my writing that feel like art, that resonate and help me today…
"Hey!" I thought reading my notes, "You mean this happened to me before? Only six months ago? And I thought of a solution to this already? That's cool!" Knowing what I forgot is gold, and the feeling I get when I remember again is a rush I just can’t get over! So delicious. So in the end being organized is good for my career as a writer and a businessowner BUT ALSO it's great for me as a human being. <3 And I'm so juiced up and ready to share what is working for me because I want everyone to have this feeling and finally make progress on what matters to you. If you are ready to pull your ideas out of your notebooks, notes or documents, If you believe in yourself, and you know your ideas could become something more, I’d love to show you how to bring order to your piles of journals or post it notes. Soon everything can be at your fingertips: your messiest of drafts, your half-awake thoughts, your rants in the car talking out loud to yourself… now transformed into riches. Riches YOU can now actually enjoy. Intrigued? Join the waitlist for the Digital Organization Membership where I'll share my 2 systems for organizing:
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I help you write for your book or business as smoothly as a mermaid swims so you can reach more of the people that you are here to serve. I also share about my life and give you free links to all my articles on writing, personal development and traveling Japan. To get inspired, sign up for my weekly FunLetters!
How goes it? It's been a while since I emailed. Last week I was silent-- I was combing through things in storage and was under a deadline. Do you have a mountain of things in storage? What about in your mind? What about on your todo list? Notebooks and documents spilling everywhere? When you face a mountain of things you need to deal with, what do you do? I tend to get overwhelmed easily and go into fight or flight. It's times like those where I need to breathe, maybe take a break or a walk....
How are you doing? Is there anything you are celebrating? Let me say first-- I’m riding high because my second business, which I acquired in January, has celebrated a big milestone. Background: My grandfather started a business 50 years ago, a magazine about banjos, it passed to my dad and now it's mine. After a LOT of work behind the scenes, I finally was able to announce that the business is open (and not closing, which almost happened). A lot of people are celebrating and supporting. So...
I have some news. I hope you are doing okay, as I mentioned last week, my husband had a cold and I was not far behind. I ended up getting sick, and I am almost better. Today, I'd planned to continue sharing, in my latest vein on the topic of writing and digital organization of your words and how life changing it can be. But something got in the way of writing: And it wasn't my physical symptoms that kept me from writing this as planned. It was an ailment of the heart that has afflicted me for...