I neglected my blog for the last year and a half while building my daily email habit. But now that that part's become a repeatable habit requiring far less effort and brainpower on my end, I'm going to be focusing on the blog once more. However, I'm finding it hard to get into the groove. So... I'm asking if anyone here wants to do a weekly publishing challenge with me for the next month or so... through mid May, maybe? Your "content" can be blog posts, social posts, essays (if you're GC), even emails... or a combination of these. You can decide how often you want to publish, but it should be at least once a week (more is fine). You can think of it as a challenge, but really, we'll just share progress and report that we've published what we planned to at the end of every week. It's a way to stay accountable until we've built up a habit over the next few weeks. If interested, let me know in the comments that you're in. Cheers!

I couldn't think of anything useful for today's post... so here's something ridiculous: https://www.threads.com/@deskculture/post/DXM13YlCIS2?xmt=AQF0lkN1Evl9tnR73_6KJ1WKPD3MRyLy4Pyxe7bpCxygYzWL8qchLoj38-TfqgX3zHNOGgk&slof=1 Your turn! 😶

There’s always that one thing I don’t do. Not because it’s difficult or hard to understand. Just because it sits in that strange category of “I’ll do it later today” So I leave it there. I open everything else. Reply to everything else. Feel productive in every direction except that one. It doesn’t feel urgent until I notice how long it’s been there. Then suddenly it feels like it’s been following me through the day, quietly waiting for attention. I eventually open it, expecting friction. It takes less time than the avoidance did. And I move on like it never mattered that much in the first place.

One aspect of blogging I absolutely adore is the opportunity to work with brands. I find it fun and a highly profitable yet low-stress assignment... when it works to my advantage. Like, a couple of months ago, I wrote a blog post for Squarespace (around 1,300 words, took me a couple of hours), and got $1,350. That is frikkin' fantastic. Like, I'd happily take on 5-6 $1k partnership projects per month... only... 1) I'm lazy and brand partnerships require some legwork (Squarespace reached out to me so that worked out great, but for this to be a regular income source, I must put in the effort) 2) Pricing is a headache... not all brands have the same kind of money. The brands I actually want to work with are especially struggling, so not every brand is willing to dish out $1k+ for a single post 3) I personally hate negotiations. Haggling is such a drag! But man... when it works, it works so, so well! Anyway. The point is, I took a chance and pitched a company a few days ago. It was my second time pitching to them. The first time, they straight out told me they didn't have a budget for it. That was last year. I figured maybe they've seen light, so I pitched them again, and guys... they're interested! Now I fear that I'll give them my usual rate and they'll bolt 😅 In any case, how interested are you guys in working with brands? I know there are plenty of you here who do not blog and probably couldn't care about brand deals... But the bloggers amongst you: Are you interested? Should I make it into a build-in-public thing where I document the process? Mind you, the next time I email them with my rates, they may just shut me down... So... it could end up being a reeeeaaallly short project, like... one email... lol.

Hey guys... I'm planning a bunch of events for the next few months, and I really want to bring on this one guest who started writing on Threads a couple of years ago, started making a full-time income selling his offers on his little Stan store, and then quit his 9-5. (He may or may not have clients... unsure... but he's a rare Threads-person whose posts I actually like reading.) Is there anyone here who wants to know how Threads work and have him come and talk to you?