Founder of the Social Media Escape Club
I joke a lot about people being the problem. So many situations, drama, etc. and it’s people that are the problem.
But on the flip side, it’s people who get us through the hard times, help us find our way, bring light to any situation.
It’s the right people that make things better. Hard to find, but worth the effort.
Does taking the first step mean your endeavor will be a success?
No.
Success isn’t a guaranteed thing. It isn’t promised to anyone.
“I’m still blown away by how much I love the photos that come from my point & shoot camera. It’s a canon sure shot that I picked up from Cameras By Max and it’s a little corker.”
‘Owning my own data, part 1: Integrating a self-hosted calendar solution‘
Another how-to on untangling ourselves from the tech giants, but yowza, this one is a bit above my head!
Writing newsletters can be tough because we think it always has to be us us us…. me me me… look at all the things I got going on! But it’s so fun when we show this world we’ve built, talk about the people in our creative orbit. Tell the stories of how we got where we’re at, and the people who made it possibiel.
“A few weeks ago I embarked on an intrepid journey: Clawing back thousands of photos from Cloud storage.”
Noah Kalina from “Newsletter #178 – The Chicken Camera.”
“Sometimes the best thing we can do as artists is simply create the conditions for interesting things to happen and then just get out of the way.”
Creating the conditions for interesting things to happen. Yes. That’s why I started my newsletter back in 2021 (here’s the first post). Write about the stuff I want to write about. Maybe other people will enjoy it.
From that, interesting things have happened from Social Media Escape Club.
I did two interviews today:
Being yourself, human marketing and more with Tim Bailey
I’ve found I really enjoy having conversations like this. For better or worse, Substack makes it stupid easy to do a live interview via the app, which means the image quality is superb, and the audio quality is pretty good, too.
“The Gift Economy is a welcome respite from business-as-usual, extractive capitalism and our disconnect from the natural world. This alternative economy model does not revolve around money, but instead around reciprocity, sharing and generosity.”
From ‘Book Talk: Serviceberry.’
“when you’re living according to your values, immersed in nature, and putting your talents toward things that matter to you, life becomes easy.
There is no cognitive dissonance, no exhaustion, no fear, no guilt. There’s peace and ease in everything, and a rhythm to it. The sense of freedom that comes from refusing to wear the itchy mask anymore gives you energy and optimism, which you channel into your projects.”
Katherine Pomfret