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The Baseline: Marching Into March with Goodtype
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Goodtype helps artists & designers grow and scale their businesses so they can make more money doing what they love.
The Baseline Productivity Hack Hangover Sometimes it feels like everyone and their mother has a productivity hack that's going to "totally revolutionize your workflow." Work 4 hours a week. Work in 20 minute sprints. Only open your email on Tuesdays. Work in a dark room. Work outside. Train the robots to do all your tasks. Do it all yourself. Walk 20,000 steps. Eat your vegetables.... It's a tornado of (somewhat?) good intentions, coming at us from all sides, all the time. How can we be...
Hi, Reader! Today is the day. Follow Your Art is officially out in the world! We've been working toward this moment for over 3 years, and we genuinely cannot believe it's finally here. If you've been with us for any part of this journey, thank you. From the bottom of our hearts. Here's something we don't talk about enough: the first week of a book launch changes everything. Every preorder, every same-week purchase, every share tells retailers and libraries that this book is worth carrying....
Niche down, they said. Pick one style. One aesthetic. One lane. Make it recognizable. Make it fit in a box someone else can label. We tried. A lot of artists we know tried. And almost every single one of them ended up feeling more lost, more stuck, and more disconnected from their work than ever before. The goal should never be to shrink yourself down until you "fit" in someone else's box. You're a complex, layered, curious creative person with a lifetime of influences, instincts, and ideas,...