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Staying Up Late, Portfolio Careers, and Selling Like an Artist

Internet People: Issue 103

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October 09, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

Welcome to the Internet People Newsletter, a weekly roundup of fresh ideas to fuel your creative process 🌀

This week’s issue is dedicated to all the cuties who participate in revenge bedtime procrastination, late-night TV enthusiasts, and people who have a hard time describing what they do for work at family functions 🥸

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In this episode, MJ gets real about her old habit of revenge bedtime procrastination — staying up late to make up for lost free time during the day.

She dives into what this habit was really a symptom of, how it’s tied to creativity, and what you can do to break the cycle.

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This week on the blog, Anna reveals one of her biggest fears — What if I’m just an ideas person who will never amount to anything because I have zero follow through?

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Writer Anna Mackenzie defines a Portfolio Career as having several part-time jobs or multiple income streams rather than one full-time gig. This article answers the question: Where do I even start?

🗺️ Explore

Same Energy is a visual search engine. Search or upload your image, and it’ll give you more options that, you guessed it, have the same energy. Perfect for moodboarding on those days when your Pinterest feed is feeling a little stale.

🎧 Listen

Something about listening to people who have been enormously successful with their creative expression just gets us allll fired up. This interview with Jon Stewart and Conan O’Brien covers the early years of their careers, how they tried and failed, and how they were massively misunderstood.

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🍿 Watch

If you’re constantly stuck between “I want people to see my work!” and “it feels so hard to promote my work!” this video on how how to sell like an artist is for you. PS — We still feel like this all the time!!

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