I finished my sixth song! I started on my seventh song! I decided on a Halloween costume! I finished watching The Pixar Story and have been reading God and Sex! I move my body regularly and I have joyous weekends! I clarified the purpose of this very newsletter!
Oceans got a big share which felt good to see.
I’ve also been thinking about this tweet…
…because later this month I’m going to pitch something to the readers of my other newsletter. I’m calling it Musicollab. I believe that I have the knowledge and skills in order to receive money in exchange for providing value to others in the form of a song and these other benefits:
I can help people process emotions and experiences through music.
I can help people hear themselves expressed through music.
I can help people develop their musical taste through collaborative song creation.
So I’m going for it! But I’m afraid! So I’m writing out my fears so that I don’t flinch when the time comes.
I’m afraid that I’ll be ridiculed. I’m occasionally ridiculed, it’s not that bad. I’d also probably be curious about the experience of someone who both subscribes to my newsletter and ridicules me. I’d much rather be courageous than let the fear of ridicule prevent me from making the ask.
I’m afraid that people will unsubscribe from the newsletter. That’s also fine! I’ve gone from 17 to 42 subscribers to my other newsletter just this month! Just in October!
I’m afraid that I’ll pitch it poorly. Makes sense, I don’t have much experience here. I’ll share drafts of that newsletter with friends to check that I’m being concise and direct and credible and all of the other marketing things.
I’m afraid that no one will be interested. That’s okay! That’s valuable information! In this moment I also have the fewest eyeballs on the newsletter that I’ll ever have, so if there were ever a time to not feel bad about no interest, it’d be now!
That’s all of the fears! No more fears! Goodbye fears. Thank you for your wisdom. 🤗