I’ve taken (most) Thursdays off from “computer work” for the last six years, as a part of a practice I call my Intuition Day. This is the big extraordinary privilege of my self-employed life — the way I see it is, if I can’t do what I want, what’s the point of paying so much in taxes?
I wrote a guide to hosting your own Intuition Day, which can be basically summed up as “Wake up, do what you want, repeat” but in practice is oddly much more challenging. Comment SUBSTACK and I’ll send you the link <3
TL;DR The practical, grounded reality is that with enough practice you do build a muscle for self-trust. You learn to tell the difference between what your body wants and what your mind is demanding.
My brain wants to intellectualize, to sit and ponder all of the ways it might go wrong. My brain wants me to make myself look busy.
My body, for the most part, just wants to feel the sun on my face.
Intuition Days are an experiment in letting my body lead the way.
gentle reminder that sometimes the best thing you can do for your “productivity” (blegh) is to get out of the house and find some novelty. gentle reminder that enjoying a nice sunny day is not a reward, it’s your birthright. gentle reminder that your brain is not broken, you just need to walk to the library 🤍
good morning hotties consider this your invitation to join us at our Weekly Planning sesh today at noon! let’s body double and make lists and organize things into categories!! also don’t forget to take a walk today and feel the sun on your face bc what else do we have in this forked up world!
My @dropouttv obsession began when I saw a video of @iz_ball cry-laughing trying to put a pin back in a grenade.
Which may explain why, when I heard about @d.e.admovie , Roland’s independent autobiographical self-funded feature-length dark comedy, I knew it was for me. (I’m also a member of the DDC, or Dead Dad Club, which D(e)ad captures exactly. I almost threw up from crying watching it, but like in a good way.)
The film was produced with the help of a Kickstarter campaign, launched in 2024, with 5,253 backers pledging $258,549. The original goal ($75,000) was fully funded in less than 4 hours.
When D(e)ad didn’t make it into any of the “big three” independent film festivals, the team pivoted back to a direct-to-audience model with a simple, genius ask: Can you tag your local indie theater and ask them to host a screening?
The response was truly astounding, resulting in 200+ showings of D(e)ad in theaters over the world.
For my newsletter Trying In Public, I talked to Izzy about how it feels to make art and then ask people to care about it — and about her plans to do it all again with @thegreatesttreasureintheworld which is crowdfunding now!
This is a real Dream Work Life moment for me and I will be writing off the hours I’ve spent inhaling every Izzy-related piece of content on my taxes now.
Thank you @iz_ball for indulging me and @lasertheboy for facilitating!!
EVERYONE START MAKING MOVIES WITH YOUR FRIENDS NOW!!!
HAPPY 4/20 TO ALL THE STONERS, IDEAMAXXERS, CHILLERS, PHILOSOPHERS, THEORIZERS, MAGICIANS, MERMAIDS, WEIRDOS, AND LONG WALK ENTHUSIASTS! I HOPE YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY FULL OF FLOWERS AND REALIZATIONS 🤍
If you were lazy, you’d be having fun. A little something on Substack ahead of tomorrow’s Big Paper Planning Day retreat. Subscribe to “Trying In Public” to read 💌
a very Big Paper Planning Day themed meme Monday dump 🤍 join us this Thursday & Sunday at @prettydecent and for a life design retreat!!! tickets available now!
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Big Paper Planning Day is a compassionate goal-setting retreat, an opportunity for divergent-thinking, creative brains to sticky note and doodle their way into a new reality.
It’s is held quarterly as a live, virtual retreat. We offer two options (Thursday & Sunday) so that as many people as possible can attend.
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