I love your dispatches Victoria and this is no exception! That voice yelling at us to go faster is not only from general capitalistic culture but also tech/eng culture expecting quick MVPs and iterations. It takes so long to unlearn that and learn to move at our own pace again. I admire the slowness and focus you're adopting lately, turning down other opportunities and friend hangs and such! Otherwise the overwhelm can really drown us 😰
It's sooooooo true what you're saying re tech & eng culture 😭 There are days when I work on a Journal Helper feature and linger on a detail... and I find myself reflexively tensing up because I know if I slowed down like this at certain previous startup jobs I've held, I would have been fired lol 💀 It's pretty wild to reflect on how much conditioning I have to undo from working in tech for so long!!
The feeling of admiration is endlessly mutual, Carolyn!! 🥹 The grace and care that you have toward yourself and your practice is so inspiring to me 💓 So grateful for our friendship!!
This is literally how I feel about writing books!! I “finished” my first one (it’s p good according to James and it def might even be worth publishing) but I’m starting a second one with so much more knowledge and earned speed — but I had to tumble through the first and go through a looooot of editing and sharing and rewriting to get there.
Anyway!! I say this to say “this post is very validating and feels very true to my own experience.”✅
Also I love the talk that didn’t happen; for when you get some zoomies again, maybe your next impromptu youtube upload? I would watch that talk 👀
Omgomgomg I cannot wait to read your books PLURAL!!! I love that this feels true to your experiences too, and it makes me so happy to imagine your feelings of command and ease as you work on novel number 2...!
Oooooh that's a great idea for a YouTube video!! As one might guess, I have already planned what to say 😆 I'm tentatively planning to make record some videos after The Tool is ready (gotta show the world how to PRINT) so this would be a fun one to get to around then...!
I love your dispatches Victoria and this is no exception! That voice yelling at us to go faster is not only from general capitalistic culture but also tech/eng culture expecting quick MVPs and iterations. It takes so long to unlearn that and learn to move at our own pace again. I admire the slowness and focus you're adopting lately, turning down other opportunities and friend hangs and such! Otherwise the overwhelm can really drown us 😰
It's sooooooo true what you're saying re tech & eng culture 😭 There are days when I work on a Journal Helper feature and linger on a detail... and I find myself reflexively tensing up because I know if I slowed down like this at certain previous startup jobs I've held, I would have been fired lol 💀 It's pretty wild to reflect on how much conditioning I have to undo from working in tech for so long!!
The feeling of admiration is endlessly mutual, Carolyn!! 🥹 The grace and care that you have toward yourself and your practice is so inspiring to me 💓 So grateful for our friendship!!
This is literally how I feel about writing books!! I “finished” my first one (it’s p good according to James and it def might even be worth publishing) but I’m starting a second one with so much more knowledge and earned speed — but I had to tumble through the first and go through a looooot of editing and sharing and rewriting to get there.
Anyway!! I say this to say “this post is very validating and feels very true to my own experience.”✅
Also I love the talk that didn’t happen; for when you get some zoomies again, maybe your next impromptu youtube upload? I would watch that talk 👀
Omgomgomg I cannot wait to read your books PLURAL!!! I love that this feels true to your experiences too, and it makes me so happy to imagine your feelings of command and ease as you work on novel number 2...!
Oooooh that's a great idea for a YouTube video!! As one might guess, I have already planned what to say 😆 I'm tentatively planning to make record some videos after The Tool is ready (gotta show the world how to PRINT) so this would be a fun one to get to around then...!
Thanks as always, JM!!! 💖💖💖