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One year ago, I wrote an essay the night before my birthday. Three people read it and told me I was a good writer. So I wrote another one. I sat there one night and poked around on the Substack app and figured out how to build the website. Then I wrote some ideas down on my phone, and started writing one every week. Pretty soon I was writing twice a week and sending it out as a newsletter. I got feedback. I watched the stats. Six months after that, I noticed the Podcast tab and thought… huh. I read one of my posts outloud into my phone. Not the best quality or the most perfect thing I ever made, but eh. Post. Then I started doing that every week. And six months after that, I uploaded my first 27 episodes onto Apple Podcasts.

I hear a lot of people talking about consistency being the thing that makes you successful, which is true to some extent. There’s a small percentage of your success that’s pure talent and skill, a larger percentage that’s sheer will and motivation to do it, and another chunk that’s just being consistent and sticking to it, even when it’s hard. Let it suck. Do it again. Do it again the next week. People say to me, wow I can’t believe you’ve done all these projects, but to me it’s just because I keep doing it. Even when I kind of hate it or I have a bad client or I’m too tired or I screwed up. I let it rest, and then I get up the next week and do the job again.

But I think it’s also worth noting that part of the reason why I’m in a position where I can depend on freelance work to pay my bills, is because I have let the work teach me. Sitting alone in your room watching YouTube videos about how to use software, thinking about what you want, reading books, and making lists, will only get you so far. You HAVE to do the thing you want to do and let your experiences and your mistakes teach you the rest. You will never ever learn how to work with clients from a video. I don’t care who it is, you won’t learn until you’re knee deep into a project, you make a mistake, and you tell yourself… Oh s**t. Right. Next time, I’ll do it better. It takes being willing to be vulnerable, make mistakes infront of people, and then taking what you learned from it and bringing it to the next gig. That’s how you learn. That’s what I’ve done for 14 years. That’s how you build any career up and forward and become successful. FAILURE.

Don’t wait until you think you’re ready. Just start. And stick to it. And let the work teach you.

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So what are we gonna do about this horrific job market? How are we gonna get everybody lots of money and job and endless time to draw and read and drink tea and do all the things? I won’t lie — it’s simple, but it is far from easy. Just know that I’m here with you and it’s gonna be okay. This episode is for all of you!

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We’re almost to the end of the first week of the year. Have you started a job search yet? Before you jump on Indeed, try this.

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Building habits is always easy at the beginning of the year, so in this episode you will learn a quick and easy strategy for starting your day off strong and giving those habits a little bit of wiggle room!

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