I’ve wrested with the lack of creative fulfillment in my life for the past few years.
What feels like a lifetime ago, I created many “side hustles”. Spending my “extra” time in front of a screen creating. Then things caught up to me or my priorities changed. I started going to bed earlier, slowing down and asking how do I sell this? My priorities were shifting - I was starting a family, getting into the “serious parts of my career”. My side hustles went dormant.
Fast forward a decade later…
I’ve struggled with getting fulfillment from my work. I no longer “create”, spending time dreaming of what I could create. Usually takes a good kick in the pants to get started (in this case it was a conversation with my wife). Thus here I am getting things started.
Projekt19 Redux
Reusing my old “freelance handle” to act as the “north star”. Projekt19 will house 19 products by 2023. I don’t know what those products will be at this moment and that’s the point. It might be a digital good, hard good, subscription, ebook, app, SASS - it’s better to stay undefined. I want to focus on a problem, market and then a solution.
I can imagine there will be a mix of everything, but the real benefit of all this - is back to how it all started. I need to create! Can’t think of a better way to do that than allowing myself to create whatever I want.
The IH community has been a great resource for me, I've mainly been a "listener" but as part of this I plan to engage more.
I've started a SubStack - still unsure if that is the best place to "build in public" but you can follow me on Twitter.
Welcome back, Chad, and good luck with your projects.
Congrats on the big step, it takes courage! Looking forward to your posts & progress!
Thank you! Happy to be building alongside folks like yourself!
Nice nice. Looking forward to seeing your progress Chad!
thank you!