There’s nothing like taking a day off to do absolutely nothing.
The kind where you ignore work related email, clients, and the screaming urge of capitalism to binge Shameless until your eyeballs bleed whiskey. Although in this case it was just really strong coffee.
And so any responsibilities and/or client work were ignored (Mainly cause I did it in advance)
I haven’t taken a massive chunk of time off in a while because there’s never been a need for it.
Although I do like the odd day off here and there to focus on the things I like to do.
Call me old fashioned but I don’t really need a break from the work that I do, so taking a few weeks off is rarely needed.
Although today was different. I played catch up with a couple of books that needed to be finished reading and I got sucked even deeper in to that series Shameless I mentioned before.
It got me thinking again though. We all seem to have a filtered way we act online or in person and when you watch a show like Shameless. It hints that there’s a lot more raw-ness in doing what needs to be done.
Ethics aside and all that, there’s something humbling about being authentic. I mean genuine authenticity. Not the woo-woo social media shitgoblins who preach authenticity.
All thehe world’s a stage, and everyone’s performing. Smiling through teeth gritted with secrets. Polishing their personas like fucking cutlery. But Shameless?
That show’s a sledgehammer to the veneer. It’s raw. Ugly. Human. The kind of “authenticity” that doesn’t come with a TED Talk or a $200 webinar.
Just being plain ol’ you at the end of the day.
And what I figured out a long time ago is that the quickest way you can expose the world to your actual authenticity is to write silly over the top emails like this one.
I get to share my quirks and hobbies and annoyance with squirrels. You know that I’m a fiend for good coffee and I can be a sweary loud type when I’m sharing my passion for certain topics.
I can already predict that this year and next year and the year after that will be built around small followings in hyper focused niches.
So whether you’re going to be selling glow in the dark underwear or you’re going to teach cats to heard goats. Those little micro pockets of people will be the most important to focus on going forward.
For now though…
I’ve got a date with a hot new book.
Stephen Walker
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