the work that nobody sees
on principles & what you can't find on social media
An investor update today, starting with the stats. Taking stock of the past month - what does it look like to be indie again? Choosing paycheck uncertainty? Gaining clarity?
Independent consulting is like acting. Every gig, every exploration is different but they each still embody you.
16 work-ish conversations of all flavors. Still easing out of rest and recovery.
Like my favorite flavor combos. Mint and chocolate, fermented rice and osmanthus, passionfruit and cilantro, mandarin and fennel, pork and leek.
Emails and intros, coffees and check ins. A few no replies, a few cascading connections. Big companies, fellow indies, past partners, and studios in between. Happy to find people who have compatible palates. Happy to be the business person in a room of makers, or the creative in a room of biz people.
Enjoy this... the work has returned to thinking, conversing, writing. Not the stakeholder wrangling, last minute deck making, busywork for naught.
1 website updated!
Feels anticlimactic. Took one day, after a year of neglect. Nothing crazy but glad to have a refreshed writing archive, new playground page, and updated about page. Something I wouldn't be embarrassed to link to. We're getting there.
3 warring subpersonas identified, ABG <> ABM <> AGM.
azn bbygrl, asian businessman, asian grandma. know thyself.
1 Oaxaca City, returned to this year.