Maybe he was calling to talk business. Maybe I was too busy shooting my shot to care. 🤷♀️ The latest ballsy, feel-good thing I'm doing to spark growth without jabbing anyone.
I love that I read this on a day that a Marketing Bro reached out to me about a post sponsorship. I gave him the details, but then he promptly asked for an example and my numbers on how many people I reach. Dude, slow down, I just started offering sponsorships literally last week, and you'd know that if you actually read my publication. Marketing Bros sure love their numbers!
It's the name of their game... numbers. 🙄 I'm so grateful that I now KNOW I can't + won't make that shit work for me. It's a slow + stead human approach for me...
P.S. Don't you wish there was a digital sign we could hang up (like the NO SOLICITING signs you can put in your front window) that says "DO NOT ENTER! BRO MARKETERS WILL BE EATEN."? They'd probably just ignore it anyway because technically we opted in... to the internet.
I haven’t stopped recommending you since I purchased my first Dre—I don’t know, backpack something and just kept upgrading until the full on Dre for 2days because yeah, you’re THAT good at what you do.
But what kept me here and made me believe in the HDC is something so much more profound.
The HDC has people of all different industries and walks of life yet there’s one common thread—one outlaw core belief—
✨ Doing things the right way—even when it’s not the easiest way—is the only way to live.
We are the ones who do what we do as we walk in truth and deeply care about the people we are in service to— we have this innate, deep appreciation for people— our kindreds. It’s not just business; it’s a responsibility. A calling. A way of showing up in the world with integrity. And unfortunately, that’s so rare.
If people were to stop being afraid of what the world would think or better yet, care more about what they truly believe without the brainwash—formulate a thought that isn’t someone else’s but comes from the deepest parts of your resonating self, oh man would this world be a much different experience.
It would be a place where value isn’t determined by popularity, but by depth and impact. A place where the ones who truly care—the builders, the thinkers, the healers, the doers—aren’t drowned out by the loudest voices, but amplified for the work they’re here to do.
Because when people stop outsourcing their beliefs—when they stop waiting for permission to be who they already know they are—that’s when real change happens.
And that’s what the HDC is to me. A place for the ones who refuse to settle, who refuse to fake it, who refuse to let the world dictate what they know in their bones to be true.
And if more people could tap into that—if they could find the courage to strip away the layers of expectation and show up fully, unapologetically themselves—there’s no telling what kind of world we’d wake up to.
One thing’s for sure, though.
It would be a hell of a lot better than the one we’ve been given.
I started writing an email last night about doing this your way + going against the grain... and how incredible uncomfortable but necessary they are. How that's what shapes our world.
How we have to stop looking for external validation in the wrong places and start looking into the deepest, darkest cobwebbed corners of our souls... because that's the only place where going to find the answers. Everywhere else is simply offering opinions.
This shit is going to hurt. It's going to feel gross at times... though not even a fraction as icky as what we've been taught + done.
This is why we need each other. This is why I think I'm being called to normalize this shit.
WE HAVE TO GET UNCOMFORTABLE to find the growth, happiness, success, and peace we want.
I love you, girl! This world is the world we're building. All of us. It's a new era, baby. 🤗
Girl, you're already recommended on BOTH of my pubs, and gaaadamn, I almost want to start a few more just so I can recommend you there, too.
Ok, I lie. I love you, but not enough to start more pubs. My brain will melt and ooze out my ears and it'll be more messy than my dog's foamy puke. (You're so welcome for that visual.)
Love you. Mean it. Like, really mean it. You're so fkg you, I want to hug you 'til your head pops off. xo
Awwww, that just gave me the BEST warm + fuzzies. Thanks for letting me into your life, feed, and (maybe) thoughts. 🫶 It feels so good to be seen + understsood.
2 years now! writing very infrequently at first, and more regularly since the beginning of this year. I have shared my writing with a small handful of IRL friends, and gained a small handful of subscribers from the guest-post I did with Marcy Farrey. My focus this year is to shine my light (aka, write), and focus on building connections, like coworkers, here on Substack 🥰
SHINE that shit, gurl. Keep sharing it. You're proof that sharing is how we find our kindreds. If I stopped posting a note after the first month, we wouldn't be here feeling so seen by each other.
I'm finding the absolute best people on here and am I making legit connections. It feels soooooo good after a decade of social media destroying every fiber of my being.
If you ever need someone to remind you why your writing matters. I'm ALWAYS here. And I mean that!!
you da best. I absolutely felt that social media was an addiction. I deleted everything on FB, then deleted the account years ago after my first career burn out. Last summer, I deleted my "business" instagram account then received my first book proposal rejection because I no longer had a social media account 🤬 I'm over it now, but still haven't returned to editing my book since August. for now, I'm letting the juices flow here and feeling very good about it!
I love that I read this on a day that a Marketing Bro reached out to me about a post sponsorship. I gave him the details, but then he promptly asked for an example and my numbers on how many people I reach. Dude, slow down, I just started offering sponsorships literally last week, and you'd know that if you actually read my publication. Marketing Bros sure love their numbers!
It's the name of their game... numbers. 🙄 I'm so grateful that I now KNOW I can't + won't make that shit work for me. It's a slow + stead human approach for me...
P.S. Don't you wish there was a digital sign we could hang up (like the NO SOLICITING signs you can put in your front window) that says "DO NOT ENTER! BRO MARKETERS WILL BE EATEN."? They'd probably just ignore it anyway because technically we opted in... to the internet.
Haha, that would be awesome! But we know they don’t read anyway, at least not until your writing has a clear ROI for them.
Oh, that's right! Eat them without warning it is.
I haven’t stopped recommending you since I purchased my first Dre—I don’t know, backpack something and just kept upgrading until the full on Dre for 2days because yeah, you’re THAT good at what you do.
But what kept me here and made me believe in the HDC is something so much more profound.
The HDC has people of all different industries and walks of life yet there’s one common thread—one outlaw core belief—
✨ Doing things the right way—even when it’s not the easiest way—is the only way to live.
We are the ones who do what we do as we walk in truth and deeply care about the people we are in service to— we have this innate, deep appreciation for people— our kindreds. It’s not just business; it’s a responsibility. A calling. A way of showing up in the world with integrity. And unfortunately, that’s so rare.
If people were to stop being afraid of what the world would think or better yet, care more about what they truly believe without the brainwash—formulate a thought that isn’t someone else’s but comes from the deepest parts of your resonating self, oh man would this world be a much different experience.
It would be a place where value isn’t determined by popularity, but by depth and impact. A place where the ones who truly care—the builders, the thinkers, the healers, the doers—aren’t drowned out by the loudest voices, but amplified for the work they’re here to do.
Because when people stop outsourcing their beliefs—when they stop waiting for permission to be who they already know they are—that’s when real change happens.
And that’s what the HDC is to me. A place for the ones who refuse to settle, who refuse to fake it, who refuse to let the world dictate what they know in their bones to be true.
And if more people could tap into that—if they could find the courage to strip away the layers of expectation and show up fully, unapologetically themselves—there’s no telling what kind of world we’d wake up to.
One thing’s for sure, though.
It would be a hell of a lot better than the one we’ve been given.
GUUUURRRLLLL, aligned AF again.
I started writing an email last night about doing this your way + going against the grain... and how incredible uncomfortable but necessary they are. How that's what shapes our world.
How we have to stop looking for external validation in the wrong places and start looking into the deepest, darkest cobwebbed corners of our souls... because that's the only place where going to find the answers. Everywhere else is simply offering opinions.
This shit is going to hurt. It's going to feel gross at times... though not even a fraction as icky as what we've been taught + done.
This is why we need each other. This is why I think I'm being called to normalize this shit.
WE HAVE TO GET UNCOMFORTABLE to find the growth, happiness, success, and peace we want.
I love you, girl! This world is the world we're building. All of us. It's a new era, baby. 🤗
Girl, you're already recommended on BOTH of my pubs, and gaaadamn, I almost want to start a few more just so I can recommend you there, too.
Ok, I lie. I love you, but not enough to start more pubs. My brain will melt and ooze out my ears and it'll be more messy than my dog's foamy puke. (You're so welcome for that visual.)
Love you. Mean it. Like, really mean it. You're so fkg you, I want to hug you 'til your head pops off. xo
P.S. Fk Gary and his ilk.
He’s the ANTI to my everything!!!
If you start anymore, I'll have to host an intervention! The love I'll allow... the 3rd pub... I forbid. 🤣
I love you soooo hard, gurl!! You have been such a source of joy, laughter, and light in my life. I bet I pop your head off first... 🤗
I have told people about you for yeeeeears.
I'll try harder.
[hugs]
I know you have and I love you for it (and so much more)!!! 🤗
SO looking forward to the ZOOM tomorrow (grin).
....when are you going to do another live video?
I have popcorn.
This week. 😳
P.S. Me too! I love our Zooms, they give me life.
Get on it, Jaime. Geez. Slacker. :)
so sorry....
Not.
hehehe
read your Notes for a while and finally read a post and I'm hooked 😍 subscribe!
Awwww, that just gave me the BEST warm + fuzzies. Thanks for letting me into your life, feed, and (maybe) thoughts. 🫶 It feels so good to be seen + understsood.
How long have YOU been on Substack, sweetie??
2 years now! writing very infrequently at first, and more regularly since the beginning of this year. I have shared my writing with a small handful of IRL friends, and gained a small handful of subscribers from the guest-post I did with Marcy Farrey. My focus this year is to shine my light (aka, write), and focus on building connections, like coworkers, here on Substack 🥰
SHINE that shit, gurl. Keep sharing it. You're proof that sharing is how we find our kindreds. If I stopped posting a note after the first month, we wouldn't be here feeling so seen by each other.
I'm finding the absolute best people on here and am I making legit connections. It feels soooooo good after a decade of social media destroying every fiber of my being.
If you ever need someone to remind you why your writing matters. I'm ALWAYS here. And I mean that!!
you da best. I absolutely felt that social media was an addiction. I deleted everything on FB, then deleted the account years ago after my first career burn out. Last summer, I deleted my "business" instagram account then received my first book proposal rejection because I no longer had a social media account 🤬 I'm over it now, but still haven't returned to editing my book since August. for now, I'm letting the juices flow here and feeling very good about it!
I'm soooo tired of people buying into social followings somehow speaking to our value. Fucking RIDICULOUS!!
Let things simmer. Showing up and making this feel good and like YOU will inevitably present a totally new option you didn't even know was a thing.
The book is just "breathing" right now. Like a fine wine, baby.
I get you.
🥺 it means the world!! ❤️