Still Figuring Out Substack Vs. the Site

I'm overambitious.

I always have been, I'm the type that has an idea for a Twitter post and five minutes later, it has mutated into running a music festival and a 6-hour documentary about the experience.

A site that I plan to write daily articles, a weekly newsletter with plans to expand, a weekly podcast that also has plans to expand, and plans to publish novels and books is a pretty massive undertaking. But none of that currently leads to a sustainable income, which means on top of that, I have to do copywriting and freelance work for sites and magazines to make an actual living.

Then you need to throw on top that crushing pile: being a dad and husband, theatre performer, a need to build friendships again, and still sorting through my neurodivergence to pull out of the burnout caused by 47 years of improper management. 

The burnout is the big thing. I need to recover, and not regress. It definitely means managing my ambition a bit better.

I just haven't figured out what that means outside of showing more self-compassion when not everything works perfectly, and being better at giving myself grace. My schedule is something I care about far more than my readers and listeners.

It also means that maybe for the next few months, I choose to put a lot more of my effort into Life on the Balcony, and make this site a place to promote the podcast, newsletter, articles on other sites, and occasional anecdotes.

I haven't committed to that. I do know I need to streamline plans and reduce the clutter of ideas and tasks tornadoing through my mind.

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