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Megan Lee's avatar

"And make sure that whatever you do, you’re stuck being happy."...... Holy hell, that is such a beautiful line!!!!!!

Here's to living like that. 🫶

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Zoe Zuniga's avatar

So true! that's why I have an umbrella LLC that covers it all and then I do whatever the fuck I want on seperate sites and niches. So it's like Im a freelance creator working for several companies but they are all meeeee! So there is Fashion Shlong, of course because... why not? Which is pure ridiculous fun, and then there's Age Well Pilates which is all grown up and sensible and goes with my career as a trainer and that I know everything about. But Fashion Shlong and Age Well Pilates never mix or meet!

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Megan Lee's avatar

An umbrella LLC that covers it all LOOOOOOOVE!!! I need that too. 🥹

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Zoe Zuniga's avatar

I'm "multi-passionate' if you do just be cautious and work on one thing at a time.... Unlike moua

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Megan Lee's avatar

I have that problem too 😭😅😭 I’m REALLY trying to work on that. 🥲

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Kris's avatar

Thank you so much for this post! It resonates deeply with me. I am at a crossroads of what to do next in my life. Wheels spinning all around, I know I need to make money to pay for stuff, because life, but being aware that whatever I choose will take time to build putting fun first is a great way to focus my thinking😊

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Brianna Schoeman's avatar

Ash, I am suspicious that you may have written this after reading my email today. SO MANY PARALLELS 😅😅

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Ash Ambirge's avatar

Ohhh, do you have a Substack?

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Brianna Schoeman's avatar

Not really! I mean the emails about our farmhouse session! 😂

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Kristi Keller 🇨🇦's avatar

"Prioritize enthusiasm" << I somehow misread this as euthanizm while skimming and I was like....I'm old but not THAT old.

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Justyna Frank's avatar

Just what I needed today! After I made a bunch of nice little commitments with myself and was cruising along at a good clip for a few weeks, I got derailed over the weekend by going down the rabbit hole with some hard hustling bros (not what is sounds like 😬). Some calming reading, written by women, was just what I needed (in case you never thought of your writing as "calming"...)

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Kellee Wynne's avatar

Ok, but where does fun as a business model fit in with a democracy that's collapsing and a real need to build a financial fortress? Genuinely asking. I relate to everything you wrote about WHY I'm stuck. It's being frustrating at this point and I'm sabotaging my own progress. I need to make a decision that's future proof. Is that even possible?

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