Hola tu!
(Music-matching)
You might be surprised after seeing this, written in English just below a Spanish title and such a harsh greeting. You might also be annoyed by the little _ before the title. Or my name altogether in a single word. You’re allowed to feel the way you want. All of these will keep the same.
The first letter was meant to be the one where I’d present the project, but that was before I discovered the welcome email feature and the about page. You should have the welcome mail in your inbox if you’ve subscribed and you can read the about page here, where a mention briefly the purpose of the letter.
There is a pattern that repeats constantly. It is not new and it surely sounds trivial, but the constant you are, the more skilled you become and by sympathy, the more successful as the loop frequency increases. Craft - fail - learn - (have fun) - repeat.
I’ve always thought I wasn’t constant at all. I get bored of things pretty quickly, but it all depends on how you see your habits (yeah... I might be now one of those, bewitched by the ‘Atomic Habits’ book. It wasn’t the book that pushed me to create this letter tho) and my most constant habit since... always, has been discovering new things, get a good grasp that satiates my curiosity and jump to the next one (till I feel like revisiting it, or not). This iterative process can take me from minutes, to months, to years.
It was listening to the Lex Fridman podcast, interviewing Tim Urban. (I leave you the episode linked here). At some point, they talk about procrastination and how to overcome it. One statement especially resonated with me. Tim talks about how we spend more time planning than doing. I’m sure you also have tons of ideas, lots of them drafted in some random note in your phone or bullet journal page, a few of them elaborated a bit more in a Notion page, Miro, Figjam, or whatever the tool you prefer, and almost none —to not say none— get their way out to become the genuine seed of a project. Always looking for the perfect time, environment, tools, deliverables, content... to move on, and take the risk of the first step.
If that above resonates with you too, I invite you not to let the day end without giving that first (real) step that you’re thinking about right now. Send that email, apply to that offer, make that phone call, register that domain, spend one hour without distractions focused, buy that flight, write your first newsletter... Just jump and see how it goes. You will solve the problems as they appear. No one cares about the look. There will be time to polish.
This letter is my first step. It is something to keep feeding my habits and I would love to make you part of my journey. I will share with you the best things, concepts, thoughts, experiences... that I come around and also —why not— hear from you. The goal is to have a weekly commitment with myself and with you. Hopefully, we will inspire some humans in the way.
Feel free to drop me a line if you want —just reply to the mail or leave a comment in the web version.
Ten un buen día
JoseAlberto
Viva tú !
Amazing !! I love it
Espero que sigas con esta iniciativa