Love, Redux

Jun 04, 2024

I have a post for today. It’s done. But it’s not working. I’m not sure why it’s not working.

I considered putting it out there anyway, broken bits and all, but honestly, I don’t want to do that.

I came into writing this Substack with two main tenets: release a post every two weeks and make sure I’m writing quality posts. Last night (today, as I’m writing it), I realized that I had to decide which is more important.

I’m choosing Quality over Regularity.

I’m also going to take some of my own insights and allow myself some self-compassion. Life happens. Weddings. Work. Friends’ birthdays. Sometimes all in the same week.

There are many of you who haven’t read this piece I wrote on self-compassion almost two years ago, so I invite you to do it now! (And if you did read it, it’s still worth a refresher…)

✍️ Love, Love, Love

Graham Strong

July 26, 2022

A writer I am helping – let’s call him Fitz* – recently intimated to me that he is frustrated with the progress on his book. So I told Fitz, I said, “Fitz! You have other projects on the go right now! Other priorities. It doesn’t mean the book you’re working on is any less important. It just means that priorities are competing, and those other prioritie…

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Also, today , June 4th, 2024, is the 48th anniversary of the The Gig That Changed the World. (Video below.)

I’ll see you in two weeks.

~Graham