Hey there,
I recently completed a (self-created) writing challenge on Medium and Substack, running from December 4 to December 23.
The challenge aimed to conclude the year on a positive note with successful stats. It involved writing articles on Medium six days a week, posting "notes" on Substack (mini-posts on the Substack feed, similar to the old Twits) at the same frequency, and consistently sending out my newsletter every Sunday.
Regarding Medium, I exhausted my creative battery two weeks into consistently posting articles for the challenge and had to take several days to recharge. The same applied to daily notes.
As for my newsletter, I haven’t encountered any issues with sending it out regularly.
Beyond the statistics, the challenge has brought to light key insights and highlighted areas that I will be focusing my attention on moving forward.
While I am comfortable posting articles on Medium based on what I feel like writing on a given day—though they typically revolve around topics I am passionate about, such as traveling, remote working, location independence, fitness and well-being—I aspire for my newsletter to be more laser-focused.
What I've learned in the past few weeks, beyond (2/3-)meeting the demands of my writing challenge, is that a newsletter should address a specific problem for a targeted audience. Although my emails have covered topics like remote work, location independence, and solopreneurship, I recognize the need for improvement to provide even more value. Likewise, I aim to deepen my understanding of my target audience.
I have an exciting endeavor ahead, and I’m here for it!
PS: if you are interested in reading more about my challenge, related results and learnings, you can do so here.
For the ‘multipassionates’ out there…
Whether you are familiar with the term or not, if you are a person with multiple interests and/or passions, be aware that there is a term to define your chaos (‘chaos’ in a good sense! Remember Nietzsche's quote: 'One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.')
The term is multipassionate, multipod, or generalist.
Now, for the past few weeks, I’ve been obsessing over the Netflix series “Arnold,” illustrating the life and career of Arnold Schwarzenegger. I've watched it three times and forced everyone around me to do the same—Oops!
After the third viewing, it finally hit me: Arnold Schwarzenegger was an amazing example of a multipod!
In his life, he delved into different endeavors and careers—wonderfully succeeding at each of them, eventually recognizing the common thread—his innate charisma and ability to create a sense of community wherever he went.
If you're looking for something light and inspiring to read over the upcoming holidays, you may find my analysis and take-home messages from a multipassionate point of view in the article below interesting:
That’s all from my side this week.
Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, I wish you a beautiful week ahead, and I’ll e-see you next Sunday!
Yours,
Caterina