I don’t want to be here anymore. I mean, I love being alive and on planet earth—most days. I’m just tired of Instagram and the whole social web.
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I wrote some books and made some choices some people disagree with. I’m not here. (This is a retired account I’ve left up for the archive.)
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It’s not for everyone, but it works for me.
Best wishes to you all. Pardon the interruption in your daily scrolling. I get the irony of a departure post, but I thought it better than the standard Irish exit. Although, that would be appropriate too. :)
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If you want to find my words and some pictures and ideas, you can find me on substack. I will leave the link in the bio. I love the community happening there and the focus on writing and writers. I am shifting most of my focus online to that outlet.
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It doesn’t feel good to me. Doesn’t make sense anymore. Doesn’t align with anything I want my life to be about.
So, goodbye for now. I’ll leave this account up because it offers a lot of nice memories and moments. Maybe I’ll delete later. Maybe I’ll come back. I dunno.
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I’d rather listen to a record than scroll from one talking head to the next, all sharing or selling something I don’t want or need. I am tired of staring in confusion at the random advice slung by random strangers on the internet—and for what? To what end? I just don’t get it.
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I’d rather go for a walk or cling to the one I love instead of picking up my phone and mindlessly consuming. I’d rather stare off into space and maybe have an original thought or cook a meal.
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I’m leaving social media, because it doesn’t work for me anymore. The only thing keeping me here is the idea that maybe, at some point, it’ll be useful again. But really it just brings out the worst, laziest, and most jealous parts of my personality.
I can do without.
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"Is there anybody out there?"
he wondered,
as he shouted into the void
of social media
and wondered who was really listening.
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What is the internet even for anyway?
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Yes. Accurate.
"For a writer who refuses to write, who has the words inside her and just won’t risk letting them out in the world, she consigns herself a slow kind of torture […] her soul starts to die. —
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ICYMI: I joined this week and am loving it. Still have a lot to learn and have a lot more to contribute. But it's fun to get back into the swing of regular creation and connection again.
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We make things not because we know what we’re doing but because we are overwhelmed by some primal desire to figure out something. Whether we realize it or not, every creation is a puzzle we are trying to solve. And the work always begins with a question.
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Wow! Thank you. Loving this community. Makes me excited to write and share again.
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We loved your post @JeffGoins and highlighted it on our @SubstackInc Instagram account. Instant subscribe for me, excited to read along with this new chapter of yours
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I am really enjoying the experience of writing on . It's light, easy, hard to break, and writer-focused. is right in that it feels like blogging circa 2010. It's fun to find other writers there, as well. A true community. I'm all in.
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If you do any kind of creative work, book Real Artists Don't Starve is packed with wisdom. AND today it's only $2.99 on !
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The Ghost: I Was Wrong About Substack (and a Lot of Other Things)
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The beginning of any honest endeavor is often marked by the inability to talk about it. Whether it’s a poem or a cure for cancer or a new relationship, if you can speak eloquently about it at its inception, you probably aren’t going deep enough.
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Nobody knows what anything is while they're creating it. That's why we're making it in the first place.
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Ooh, this is good news. ' terrific book Real Artists Don't Starve is on sale (Kindle version) for a short time, for $2.99.
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The other weekend, we got in the car and drove forty minutes to our favorite cabin.
As we pulled up to the house, I said to my love, “Do you know what today is?”
She shook her head sheepishly.
I told her, “Today is your wedding day.”
And it was.
📷 Zach Gray
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Six typefaces that changed how we see the modern world.
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THE WAIT IS OVER! Learning to See: A Photographer’s Guide IS FINALLY IN STORES ON BOOKSHELVES! 🥳
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Humbled. Thankful. Grateful. THANK YOU!
You still have time to order your copy and get access to $700 worth of exclusive release week bonuses!
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There is no such thing as good writing. "Good" is subjective. Some will love what you write, others will hate it. Your job is to be effective, to clearly say what you have to say as best you can say it. Don't try to be right or good. Make an argument.
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The challenge is that the way many writers think is through their writing. Which is why having a good editor is so important. An editor, when they’re doing their job, is a professional thinker who forces you to reconsider your thinking in light of another perspective.
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Bad writing is often a result of unclear thinking. To be a better writer, you have to be a better thinker. And the only way to do that is to do it frequently.
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Actual* conversation in our house:
Me: *sighhhhh*
Her: How are you doing, babe?
Me: Beleaguered by the vicissitudes of life.
Her: Have another deadline, huh?
Me: Mhm...
Her: Even in crisis, you are a poet.
*Dialogue edited for dramatic effect.
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Our team enjoyed working on "Learning to See" with the inimitable , which will be coming out later this month. If you own a camera, you don't want to miss this book. He's doing some fun preorder bonuses, as well. learningtoseebook.com
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I love you unconditionally provided you do certain things.
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Many Christian empire-builders have been people unable to give and receive love.
—Henri Nouwen
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I had so much fun hanging out with The Minimalists on a recent trip to LA. Check out the conversation here:
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Every word I dare to type, each sentence I dream up—these are all invitations to an inward journey. Writing is therapy. It's a chance to witness on paper what I think about something.
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“Before you can create great art, you must first create yourself.”
Check out The Minimalists Private Podcast—this week Joshua and Ryan speak with writer about developing our creativity: patreon.com/posts/68448408
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Coming soon! Small group coaching by Jeff Goins and Ariel Curry. Finish Your First Draft will take you from book idea to book draft in just 6 months. Find out more and apply at freshcomplaint.com/finish
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Jeff Goins is a 5 times Best Selling Author, Course Creator, and Podcaster. 🤩
We spoke who was excited to share expert tips on creating better, engaging content and how to capture your readers' attention. 🚀🚀
Follow this thread to discover more from Jeff.
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Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, July 6, at 11:00 am Central time for an Ask Me Anything on writing and publishing. Register here: freshcomplaint.com/webinar
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“The artist’s priority is art.”
The Minimalists talk about earning a living from creative pursuits with writer .
Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, or at minimalists.com.
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Everyone wants to write a book "someday." The problem is someday keeps getting further away and the book never happens... & I don't want that to happen to your idea. Sign up for Finish Your First Draft here: freshcomplaint.com/finish/
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It can be hard to know who we are when we first start writing. Maybe we write like our favorite writers or like a collection of different writers we admire. But the one thing we have going for us, no matter how much or little we’ve written, is that we’re the only us.
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