Do it for yourself
First and foremost, Joy Ride vol 23
In Monday’s Notes from the Road, we reflected on this comment from, the unsuspectingly wise, Silent Bob:
“Do it for yourself first and foremost.”
Once we make our way around the philosophical argument as to why we should do our art, then we have to contend with, "How?”
How do we “do it for ourselves?”
Kristin says we need to do two things:
1. Follow our curiosity and make things we want to make for no reason other than that we want to make them.
2. Sell things. Things we make or our time or both. The relationship between 1 and 2 isn't necessarily direct or linear.
The relationship between creator and marketer is the one we’re always contending with. No matter what your genre, you’re always advocating for your project, your vision, your idea. And even if your project is unrelated to earning money, there is often the desire to share it, to bring it to someone who might care. We create and we share and as we do we remember that everything we make doesn’t have to be fit for sale. It might just be a thing you need to make — and that’s great.
This week on The Road
In Monday’s Notes From The Road, we shared what Silent Bob said at (wait for it) a marketing conference about failure, art 🎨, and mainstream success.
Wednesday’s final Dream Project Hotline ☎️ tackled how to get started.
Our paid Substackers met each other on Zoom and chatted all things habit formation, goal setting, and system building.
Reminder: The Merge theme this month is Great Expectations. Namely, adjusting our expectations. Not to be lower or higher, but to be helpful ⚠️ To get the daily prompts + join the community calls, become a paid Substacker.
Over on Instagram, we’ve got some @inspiredtowrite inspo, a Maya quote, and an adorable kitty 🐈.
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