How would you feel if someone tells you the number of days you’ve left to live?
An interesting perspective to make you look at life from a different lens
Hello my friend,
Welcome to another edition of Simpler Sundays by VyasSpeaks.
Apologies for not sending the newsletter last week. Looks like I am apologizing a lot these days and postponing so many things as well.
To be honest with you, for a while now, I have been feeling a little demotivated when it comes to writing for VyasSpeaks. I had a call with a mentor a few weeks back that ended up being too harsh. It was a terrible experience and at the end of the call, I was almost in tears, feeling more lost and demotivated than ever before.
I have never been so negative about my craft as I have been in the last few weeks, continuously questioning whether I am even good enough to dream of becoming an author someday.
Sometimes I feel like quitting it altogether. I feel like I should simply focus on my freelance writing career - the one that at least sustains me financially.
These days, I often ask myself “Wouldn’t it make sense to try to get better at my full-time job than put so much time and effort into a passion project that isn’t leading me anywhere?”
After years of putting in the hard work on VyasSpeaks, I feel it’s going nowhere. Of course, it has been a rewarding journey in many ways. I’ve gotten numerous job opportunities, built many genuine connections, and found people who truly enjoy what I write. But at the same time, I wonder if it’s time to move to other things. I don’t know.
As I try to figure out answers to these questions, maybe I should keep writing in the meanwhile, trying to share these newsletters as often as I can.
Moreover, the conversation with that mentor was maybe a wake-up call for me. Maybe it was a sign that I should focus on other things. Maybe.
I’ll talk more about that mentor call and share what exactly happened. But that’s a conversation for another newsletter.
Anyhow, since there was no newsletter last week, I couldn’t update you that I finally managed to host my first writing workshop. I had planned to work with 5 people in the first batch and fortunately, 6 people registered. From those, 4 people attended the storytelling workshop.
It was a wonderful experience and I am truly grateful to all of those who attended.
Another update to share is that instead of going through the design change (as announced in my last newsletter), I’ll instead stick with my current design language that includes illustrations.
I realized that not using these illustrations makes my posts visually dull and non-appealing. Despite the important life lessons I share through my posts, they need to look light-hearted and catchy. The illustrations I use help me get that vibe. So, I’ll continue using them.
There are still design changes but they are only minor ones (like background, font, style, etc). The overall design language remains the same.
I guess this is probably the most that I’ve shared in a newsletter. So without boring you any more, I’ll cut to the chase.
For this week’s featured post, I’m sharing an interesting perspective that I hope will help you.
Hope you enjoy this. Happy reading!
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See you next Sunday ❤️
With love,
Shikhil Vyas