“How do you do all of this?” I get some variation of this question all the time. While I used to see it as a tiny badge of honor—so busy! wow!—I’m taking more time to interrogate what all this means. With revisions on my romance novel due, I keep finding ways to prioritize other work instead of the un-glam, concentrated effort of reshaping my first draft.
On a podcast I secretly listen to, Ryan Holiday mentioned about this antidote during a conversation about saying no. “As soon as you become a successful comedian, they try to make you an actor.” Maybe a more apropos version of this is brand marketer or start up consultant. You can think of your own “close to the thing but not the thing” to insert here.
Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Long Live to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.
