It’s been a few days.
Between work, writing and trying to take photos my days seem to blur into one messy things. The funk I found myself in a few weeks ago seems to be slowly going away and my energy levels are getting back to where they were. Perhaps the end of winter has something to do with it.
As I type this I’m working on a new interview, adding the final touches to a finished one and thinking of how I can change or rather improve on my existing writings for the newsletter.
A few thoughts have come across my mind surrounding my newsletter.
- The idea of building community. I have less ambition to pursue the goal of getting paid subscribers. It would take away my pleasure I derive from writing. It has always served as an outlet for me, long before the idea of subscribers came into my mind. Switching from an outlet to an income based activity would most likely kill it for me.
- Focus on interviews. Not because they get more view but because I find them to be an interesting process. Reading through the newsletters of photographers, looking through their photos. Approaching them and putting together the questions. This whole process is a good thing for me. In learning about other people I tend to discover more about myself. It sounds like a line from a self-help book but it gives me writing a purpose. I think it also fits well into the point above about community building.
Speaking of interviews, I’m leaving links below where you can find the last few I did with photographers on Substack.
Alicia from The Daily Film Project
Berkay from Lightgrain
Suzi from Suziinframe
Dan from Okayfoto
Steven from Out There
Very talented people doing interesting things with their photography. And more importantly building the community of photographers on Substack.
tl;dr
Often we find ourselves in a place we don’t enjoy.
This can be a life situation, a work situation, a relationship. We want to solve this problem now. As I’ve discovered over the past month, sometimes it is best to let these things sort themselves out. Our propensity to rush towards solutions doesn’t always work out.
Thanks for reading : )