Ev BogueFor the month of August, I published every single day to Evbogue.com.
I wrote six letters to Evolving Your Digital Work.
I launched Taking Your Book to the Web: a 12 week project aimed at teaching a small group of people (151, in the end) the skills they need to bring their book into this online space.
Looking back, I see progress. That's the amazing thing about writing every single day. I feel my writing opening up to new possibilities.
Simultaneously, I've untethered from my past work during the month of August. It was time to move on, to new things and new work.
Untethering from past work leaves me sitting in a space of uncertainty. I've been hearing that word a lot lately, I hope that we know what we're describing when we use it.
Uncertainty, for me, is a feeling of being alone, scared, and not-knowing. Uncertainty is the moment before fear sets in. Uncertainty can be a powerful motivator for getting things done. In my experience, I can't develop strategies to exist in uncertainty, but sitting in it long enough (and practicing in it, on the mat), I start to see the strategies that will pull me towards the next work that I need to do.
This isn't escaping uncertainty.
In fact, in my experience, there is no escaping uncertainty. The only way to try is to pad myself against it: I want to escape that uneasy feeling, so I start drinking too much, or a eat too much, or a begin watching too much Hulu. That's trying to escape uncertainty, and it's only at temporary relief at best.
Eventually, uncertainty catches up to even the most reclusive couch-dweller.
There is no escape from uncertainty -- the future has always looked uncertain, because it hasn't been written yet. This is good, because it means I have a choices to make in the future.
So I sit in the anxiety of not-knowing. Eventually, I stumble across ideas, I execute on those, and find myself in the deeper work. Hopefully that resonates with you.
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The intention for September is: financial well-being.
This means taking a look at my finances, seeing where I'm at, and where I'd like to be. I'll talk more about this in the future. There are some specific things that I want to look at, and I'll bring you along for what I can. I'll introduce you to specifics and dedicate forums to talking about the options.
So, what is to come?
More writing about the topics that you enjoy + some about personal finance and making money across the Internet.